The Running Man
An unjustly accused prisoner in 2019 is given a slim chance at freedom if he survives a public execution gauntlet staged as the television game show 'The Running Man'. While he is running from champions with chainsaws and sharpened hockey sticks, the host is busy with calls to the network about ratings.
20 November 1932, Gosport, Hampshire, England, UK
3 December 1912, USA
14 December 1946, Los Angeles, California, USA
21 July 1966, Vermont, USA
10 September 1957, Tucson, Arizona, USA
28 July 1955, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA
January 01, 2000
The movie's problem is that all of the action scenes are versions of the same scenario.
April 30, 2008
Schwarzenegger sadistically dispatches the baddies, enunciating typical wisecrack remarks (many repeated from his previous films), but it's all too easy.
February 12, 2017
One of those movies that's a lot of fun to watch without being particularly good, The Running Man is a chintzy-looking affair that gets by on stunt casting and a killer concept.
August 30, 2004
It's not quite Network, but then it also doesn't take itself too seriously.
April 30, 2008
A brainless, breathless thrill.
January 01, 2000
The message is irrelevant. It's still the Olympian myth, albeit in a Lycra leotard, that counts with the Arn Man.
April 30, 2008
It's an arcade-game romp done with flair.
January 01, 2000
You want to know if The Running Man is a good-time macho show, right? Stay at home and watch professional wrestling.
June 05, 2007
Only Richard Dawson -- brilliantly cast -- redeems this mess with a superior performance.
April 22, 2017
Holds up a shocking reflection of where we actually stand as a society in 2017.
June 24, 2006
Pretty warmed-over stuff, this future world of the terminal TV game shows, and director Glaser fails to muster much pace and punch.
