Film Synopsis

If you were abused by your father as a child, how would you prevent your younger brother from becoming his next victim? That's the bewildering dilemma that befalls 21-year-old Michael Adler (Aaron Stanford), the protagonist of Runaway. His ultimate solution is to do just what the title suggests. Fleeing his home with his young brother Dylan (Zack Savage) in tow, Michael holes up in a trailer park-like motel in the middle of nowhere. He supports them both by working as a gas station/convenience store worker and plants the seeds of a future life by befriending his boss, Mo (Peter Gerety), and his flirtatious coworker, Carly (Robin Tunney). But this second chance comes at a heartbreaking price. Because of Michael's almost paranoid fear of being captured by the police, Dylan becomes a virtual prisoner of their motel room. Never allowed outside to play or get air, he remains forever a crying ball on his bed, miserable and confused by this new, suffocating way of life. The duo's tortured existence takes a suspenseful turn when Michael continues to call the one remaining link to his past: his therapist (Terry Kinney).