{"id":377436,"date":"2026-09-10T02:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T09:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=377436"},"modified":"2026-09-10T02:48:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T09:48:42","slug":"alan-ritchsons-runner-debuts-with-mixed-reviews-67-on-rotten-tomatoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/alan-ritchsons-runner-debuts-with-mixed-reviews-67-on-rotten-tomatoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Alan Ritchson\u2019s Runner debuts with mixed reviews: 67% on Rotten Tomatoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alan Ritchson\u2019s <em>Runner<\/em> has arrived with its first wave of reviews and a <strong>67% score<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/rotten-tomatoes.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>, per Rotten Tomatoes. That gives Ritchson another solid action movie in a run that critics seem to enjoy mostly because he\u2019s in it, even when they\u2019re less sold on the movie\u2019s familiar playbook.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scott Waugh directed the film, from a script by Miles Hubley and Tommy White. <em>Runner<\/em> teams Ritchson with Owen Wilson for a <strong>race-against-the-clock<\/strong> thriller about a former soldier who ends up in a cartel\u2019s crosshairs after a high-stakes medical delivery leaves both him and his partner exposed.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 <a href=\"https:\/\/amazon-prime-video.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u2019s <em>Reacher<\/em> Season 4: <em>Reacher<\/em> Season 3 was scheduled for <strong>February 20, 2025<\/strong>, and a fourth season hadn\u2019t begun filming.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019re in the mood for a star-powered action movie, this looks like a decent bet. If what you want is a prestige thriller, <em>Runner<\/em> may strike you as pretty <strong>conventional<\/strong>. The score also lines up with Ritchson\u2019s recent Rotten Tomatoes streak: <em>Ordinary Angels<\/em> sits at 84%, <em>The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare<\/em> at 68%, <em>War Machine<\/em> at 66%, and <em>Motor City<\/em> at 63%, according to Rotten Tomatoes.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can keep tabs on <em>Runner<\/em> through current release listings. Ritchson\u2019s larger film run also keeps moving well beyond Amazon\u2019s <em>Reacher<\/em>, with <a href=\"https:\/\/netflix.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Netflix<\/a>\u2019s <em>War Machine<\/em> reportedly landing as a <strong>hit<\/strong>, a sequel reportedly in the works, and more producing work ahead through Phreaker Films.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alan Ritchson\u2019s 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\u2019s in it, even when they\u2019re less sold on the movie\u2019s familiar playbook. Scott Waugh directed the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/alan-ritchsons-runner-debuts-with-mixed-reviews-67-on-rotten-tomatoes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Alan Ritchson\u2019s Runner debuts with mixed reviews: 67% on Rotten Tomatoes&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9352,"featured_media":377435,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-377436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377436"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":377437,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377436\/revisions\/377437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377436"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=377436"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=377436"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=377436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}