[1] The soundtrack contains songs performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Douglas September.

A young man with a gambling addiction has managed to get himself into serious debt by losing all his money.

However, the temptation of walking around with large sums of cash proves too great, and the "runner" puts his job and his survival on the line when he dips into his boss' funds to buy a ring for his girlfriend.

The Runner was initially intended to be a large budget that would serve as Moler's directorial debut.

While Zuiker was shopping the script around a production company offered to fund the film if Moler stepped down as director.