This is a film about an illegal sport called "Freerunning." A group of young men run through the city (filmed in Cleveland),impervious to sidewalks, direct routes, or roads. Rather they run and jump over things to the thrill of Internet viewers. Then man who runs this operation makes his money from running a bookie operation, allowing viewers to bet on the runners. Of course once you have the 3 flags needed to win the tournament, you need to be an expert kick boxer to keep them. The running is fast paced with acrobatics done to an appropriate sound track.

Ryan (Sean Faris),one of the runners works mopping floors in a hospital and cares for his bed ridden grandfather. He has a gf (Rebecca Da Costa) who is way out of his league. She sings in a bar and dreams of living on a beach. Ryan, who lost the last race, and has never beaten Finch (Ryan Doyle) decides to go against the rules and bet on himself using a shill so he can make that big score and move to the beach with his gf and gramps. Yes, even his gf thinks the whole thing is stupid. I thought, "This is it? This is the best plot they can attach to freerunning?"

Then it happens, the unexpected plot twist involving an evil black man named, "Jacque."

F-bomb, sex, nudity.

Freerunner is definitely a film not for everyone and not everyone will enjoy it. The film isn't perfect but what it's set out to be, it is pretty good and does a good job at capturing freerunning. Im not much a fan of the act but I understood what it was prior to watching this film. This film is pretty violent also which I think adds to its creativity. Without it, it wouldn't be the same and I applaud the directors for going all out. Though they could have cut down on the cursing. The film gets good around less than midpoint. About the time when Danny Dyer's character is introduced as the villain (part when the freerunners get locked in a mysterious place underground then get gas poisoned). From here is when the fun begins and the plot kicks in- they all get ticking bomb collars attached to their necks waiting to explode. Sean Farris also does a good job as the lead but it's a little disappointing seeing him in less than superior films. His career doesn't look too good right now to be honest.

To enjoy the film just don't really think much about its flaws, look at the stunts they do and their intense action sequences (includes exploding heads!). Also don't take it too seriously as this film has some funny moments and lines, many of them are from Danny Dyer and the rich millionaire men who are invested in the freerunning game. Currently the film has an IMDb rating of 3.4 with 2,382+ votes (from reading other reviews from Oct 2011, users stated this film had a rating of 7+). Kind of shocking how the rating faltered that much. It should definitely be above 5. Id give it a 7 just for a certain scenes and it isn't as bad as the users made it out to be. But then again, it isn't for everyone.

Though like these films, the ending is pretty predictable. Just by reading the plot description you can basically tell who comes out alive. Though, there are some unexpected deaths and such. All in all, watch this film with a free mind. It really isn't all that bad.

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I remember Simon Amstell saying that if a film contained Danny Dyer, it was either first rate or third rate. This film really doesn't cut it as third rate. It truly is terrible.

I've watched a lot of films, and I tend to like a lot of cheap low budget horror films, so it's really going some to say that I think this is the worst acting I've ever seen. Maybe something like 'razor blade smile' coming in second. They were clearly going for parkour crossed with the running man, but failed on every count that matters as a movie (also, surely a better title would have been "The free-running man"?) The opening just looks like a computer game, but manages to handle it even worse than "house of the dead." Somehow it goes downhill from there.