1994's "The Getaway" is the second adaptation of a 1958 Jim Thompson novel, with the material previously covered in a 1972 Sam Peckinpah film starring Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw. While both endeavors certainly lack the roughness of the source material, the 1994 effort definitely aims to turn up the heat with stars (and real-life married couple at the time) Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, who are tasked with amplifying the sex appeal of the crime story, while going deeper into the intimate issues facing the central characters. "The Getaway" is a pulpy ride of bad people doing horrible things, and director Roger Donaldson ("No Way Out," "Species") wisely keeps the action kinetic, with the remake at its most involving when following the central couple as they try to evade capture and deal with relationship concerns. The rest of the picture has more persistent pacing and performance issues, but nothing that derails an otherwise compelling study of trust and revenge. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com