Run Baby Run follows the story of a bank employee being stuck in a rather precarious situation following a murder. What happens next? The story here is decently thrilling but I really did wish that some amount of time was spent in the introduction of the character and world building before getting to the point. The screenplay standing at just above 2 hours does make for a brisk watch but at no point was I fully invested despite a couple of good twists.

The drama does open with a suicide and this did seem as a lost opportunity to build on the drama as opposed to giving an impression of a random event. Soon, the drama does kick in with a series of interesting events although there is no ready explanation of why things are the way they stand. I did find myself partially invested in the drama by the time its first twist was introduced. The writers do create multiple thrilling moments which does make the drama watchable. The proceedings are fairly interesting including the entire road sequence featuring the protagonist. The twist at the halfway mark also did make for a good interval block but that is where the writing starts to get slightly generic in the second hour.

The writing needed to raise its bar in the second hour, something that would result in a daze of thrills. But the writing never really rises to the occasion, unfolding at the same wavelength as opposed to pushing the envelope. As a result, you are never fully invested in the drama and hence the guessing game just does not transpire. There are a few twists and turns as the mystery is led to its conclusion, but the final act is really below par. There should have been some amount of buildup with an attempt being made atleast of keeping a handful of characters under suspicion. But that doesn’t happen either resulting in a screenplay which is just about average from the writing point of view.