The Running Man (1987)

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6.6	IMDB rating

Directed by

Paul Michael Glaser

Starring (View all)

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Ben Richards

Maria Conchita Alonso

Amber Mendez

William Laughlin

Fireball

Captain Freedom

Dynamo

Harold Weiss

Gus Rethwisch

Buzzsaw

Written by

Stephen King

Steven E. de Souza

(screenplay)

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One of the most definitive Arnie movies

3 years, 6 months ago at Nov 26 4:48

PvtCaboose91

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"I'm not into politics. I'm into survival. "

Mere months following the release of Predator in mid-1987, Arnold Schwarzenegger was back in action for The Running Man; a fast-paced, futuristic action movie which takes a satiric poke at TV, greed, social injustice, and America's preoccupation with violence and game shows. Based rather loosely on the novella by Stephen King (under the p... read more

He had to split.

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Undoubtedly one of Arnie's finest. The Running Man takes place in a dystopian future where violent game shows are regularly screened to the baying populace in an attempt to appease to oppressed. Arnies' character, Ben Richards, is a police helicopter pilot who nobly refuses to gun down hoards of unarmed civilians in a downtown food riot. He is swiftly overpowered by his colleagues (yeah right) who... read more

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A wrongly-convicted man must try to survive a public execution gauntlet staged as a TV game show.

Release date : 13 November 1987
UPC: 017153584127

Action (32), Sci-fi (27), Thriller (16), Future (14), 1980s (13), 1987 (12), Dystopia (11), Adventure (7), Game Show (6), Science Fiction (6), Gameshow (6), Usa (5), Explosions (5), Escape (5), Revenge (5), Framed (5), Cops (5), Based On Novel (4), Fight To The Death (4), Pursuit (4)

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"Schwarzenegger sadistically dispatches the baddies, enunciating typical wisecrack remarks (many repeated from his previous films), but it's all too easy. - Variety, Variety Staff The movie's problem is that all of the action scenes are versions of the same scenario. - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times You want to know if The Running Man is a good-time macho show, right? Stay at home and watch professional wrestling. - Desson Thomson, Washington Post"

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" The Ups: Great comment on game shows and reality long before it became a popular trend on TV. You get to see Arnold get killed on national TV. Paula Abdul did the dance moves in the film. It is pretty underrated and especially the first half of the movie is great. The Downs: Stephen King's book is better. The ending is too easy in this film, while the one in the book is unfilmable now. The gameshow concept is pretty much "American Gladiators" with real deaths. "

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"REWATCH Date watched: 27th December, 2012 Project: None Why?: Haven't seen it for a few years now. Director: Paul Michael Glaser Thoughts: Enjoyable, if a little dated here and there. :)"

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