Alan Ritchson’s Runner debuts with mixed reviews: 67% on Rotten Tomatoes

Alan Ritchson’s Runner has arrived with its first wave of reviews and a 67% score on Rotten Tomatoes, per Rotten Tomatoes. That gives Ritchson another solid action movie in a run that critics seem to enjoy mostly because he’s in it, even when they’re less sold on the movie’s familiar playbook.

Scott Waugh directed the film, from a script by Miles Hubley and Tommy White. Runner teams Ritchson with Owen Wilson for a race-against-the-clock thriller about a former soldier who ends up in a cartel’s crosshairs after a high-stakes medical delivery leaves both him and his partner exposed.

Most of the early notices point to the Alan Ritchson-Owen Wilson dynamic as the big selling point. And one quick correction, because some coverage has blurred this with Amazon’s Reacher Season 4: Reacher Season 3 was scheduled for February 20, 2025, and a fourth season hadn’t begun filming.

If you’re in the mood for a star-powered action movie, this looks like a decent bet. If what you want is a prestige thriller, Runner may strike you as pretty conventional. The score also lines up with Ritchson’s recent Rotten Tomatoes streak: Ordinary Angels sits at 84%, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare at 68%, War Machine at 66%, and Motor City at 63%, according to Rotten Tomatoes.

You can keep tabs on Runner through current release listings. Ritchson’s larger film run also keeps moving well beyond Amazon’s Reacher, with Netflix’s War Machine reportedly landing as a hit, a sequel reportedly in the works, and more producing work ahead through Phreaker Films.