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This week, we abandon all pretense of intellectuality and hunker down to watch the new Gal Gadot vehicle, “The Runner,” now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
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The film is a fast-paced sprint through London, during which Gadot must arrive at a certain location to save her son, who is in an induced diabetic coma.
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The plot seems simple, but the end carries a twist that had Borschel-Dan’s husband thinking the whole week.
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