Running Hot

Danny Hicks (Eric Stoltz) is on trial for having murdered his father and sentenced on death row. Charlene Andrews (Monica Carrico) is a masseuse that is also Danny's pen pal because he reminds her of a boy she dated time ago. So, when Danny manages to escape he arrives to Charlene's home just when she is harassed by violent cop Tom Bond, who ends killed after a struggle with Danny. Danny and Monica don't have any other choice to flee to Arizona unknown to the fact that an investigator is on their track because Danny is about to find the truth on who killed his father, and as you might have guessed there is the big confrontation at the end where Charlene makes the investigator blow up.

The plot was interesting and a then unknown Stoltz (who then passed on to greater things, or so I have been told) acted nicely. My only problems where that the pace at times became slow and that the investigator character was a bit nasty to tolerate. Overlooking this, it's a nice thriller with also a bit of skin in some points (if you see it you'll see what I mean).