Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bob Ladewig, Dave Colan
A wrongly-convicted man must try to survive a public execution gauntlet staged as a TV game show.
DVD Release Date: May 25, 1999
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September 25, 2009Cool film, would love to see a remake of this but I?m not sure it should be done!
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July 27, 2009In the near future, Arnold stars as Ben Richards, a wrongly convicted man coerced into playing 'The Running Man', a deadly TV game show where people have to keep moving to try and escape brutal deaths at the hands of the 'Stalkers'. Of course, people are expected to die eventuall...( read more)
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May 25, 2009The opening credits are amazing! It starts with a great "swosh" sound effect and then angular formed men run in 3D. Then comes the movie title, where the font is very pixel like. 'The Running Man'!
Arnold Schwarzenegger's character, Ben Richards, is immediately shown as a good g...( read more) -
May 7, 2009Now this is dated, the look and feel is pretty old nowadays but in a way television is slowly getting towards this now. Its still an Arnie classic, the costume he wears, the head explosion escape scene, the baddie stalkers etc.. its very cliche but still fun despite looking very ...( read more)
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May 1, 2009The Running Man can't capitalize on its cheesy premise. It doesn't make much of a satire either. The film comments on society's fascination with violence on TV, and how we're only interested in hearing stories about death and horrible events. But the commentary doesn't shock,...( read more)
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October 5, 2009One of Arnie's better movies. This twisted take on entertainment culture is certainly worth one or two viewings.
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September 25, 2009He says "I'll be back" at one point. that's how great this movie is hahaha. It's dated but it was fun to watch and compare it to Gamer. Better than Gamer I'd say, and it was made in 1987..
Critic Reviews
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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February 21, 2008I quite enjoyed it it weren't much happening in some bits but overall the movie was quite good.
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