Movies focusing on a certain martial arts or similar tend to be dull, full of clichés and predictable. Freerunner (2011) is no exception: running for life, remote destruction devices, individualism vs. teamwork, naive sportsmen vs. evil moneymakers etc have been used dozens of times before (and I am sure will be used in the future as well). The ending is also trivial, preceded by several speedily accumulative scenes, not providing any value to the movie.

Acting is mediocre or even terrible, especially the blond announcer and those billionaires annoyingly appearing on screens.

Well, the movie is for you if you are keen on parkour, inexpressive dudes and flickering cameras. For a decent free-running movie, watch Luc Besson's District 13 instead.

Mindless romp for the fans of fantasy extreme sports. Good race chases well-shot, and that's all the 3 star rating is for, Otherwise,.for all the voyeuristic cartoon, villains assembled to bet huge money on the racers, none is at all original, nor is the sappy story of our hero young Tom Cruise lool-alike Jean Paris) getting his grandpa (Seymour Cassel) and girl (Rebecca Da Costa) off skid row and back to the beach. Cassel as affable Grandpa is the best actor, stands out among the by-the-numbers heros and villains.