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Plot: A wrongly-convicted man must try to survive a public execution gauntlet staged as a TV game show.
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MCT:September 27, 2008Aww come on! If there is an Arnold movie that just owns every other in terms of one liners, its this one. "I'll be back" is lame compared to some of the things Arnold says as he kills some dude on TV. I have never really read the novel by "Richard Bachman" *wink wink* but he has always been ahead of his time, in my eyes. And I think this novel is proof. Reality TV to the extreme.
Amber: [after Richards cut Buzzsaw in half with a chain saw] What happened to Buzzsaw?
Ben Richards: He had to split.
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MCT:September 10, 2008
It has stood the test of time well, all things considered. Fast paced and interesting, I really enjoyed it.
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A pilot police helicopter gunship named Ben Richards (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is shown imprisoned in a labor camp to escape with two other prisoners, William Laughlin (Yaphet Kotto) & Harold Weiss (Marvin J. McIntyre).
Ben Richards decides to visit his brother's apartment in the city to find out occupied by news reporter Amber Mendez (Maria Conchita Alonso) works for ICS, the network that broadcasts "The Running Man" to explain that Ben Richards' brother was taken away for 're-education'.
Ben Richards is taken to the Running Man studios in downtown Los Angeles host by Damon Killian (Richard Dawson). Amber Mendez pursues Richards' story is innocence is caught in the ICS archives to looking for the original tapes of the case for being sent into the game grid.
Ben Richards & Amber Mendez join an underground group fighting ICS intend to expose the truth behind the show: that previous Running Man winners were actually killed by Stalkers to lead the rebels to the ICS studios & interrupts the show to defeat the guards in a shootout. -
MCT:August 18, 2008
I love this movie. Schwarzenegger at his 80's one-liner best! Still great to watch in these times.
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MCT:August 8, 2008The book is great...the movie abolutely not,but of you like to see Arnold going around killing people,you'll probably like it.I it's one of the worst movies featuring him.
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MCT:August 6, 2008
I loved this movie growing up! How is it possible that here we are, living in the future, and we STILL do not have game shows like this?! ;)
Kidding. But this movie always reminded me of the video game, SmashTV. Anyone else? -
MCT:August 5, 2008
This is a fun movie. Love the game show. I will however have to say, has very little in common with the original Stephen King (writing as Richard Bachman) story it is "based" on.
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MCT:July 27, 2008I had no idea this was based on a SK novel. I never read the book, but love the movie and its cheesy over the top acting. Richard Dawson was a fun addition to this film.
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MCT:July 20, 2008wow i have not seen this movie in ages but i really loved this arnold schwarzenegger movie n think that this is 1 of his best movies/films hes ever made/done...i think that the director of this Drama, Science Fiction & Fantasy movie had done a good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throguhout this movie because he keeps you on the edge's of your seats throughout this movie...imn not sure which is arnold schwarzenegger's best movie is because he has made some really good movies like the running man, total recall, end of days, the terminator, terminator 2, hercules in new york, raw deal, n a load of other good movies throughout..this is 1 of his best ever movies hes done/made....this is a good thriller movie the special effects throughout the movie are all really good throughout the movie...this has got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout the movie n this is an enjoyable movie 2 watch because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie n its really funn n its enjoyable 2 watch..
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MCT:June 16, 2008
cheesy fun!!!!...great acting by Dawson makes this film..interesting premise of the future...very entertaining and plenty of action
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MCT:June 12, 2008
One of Schwarzenegger's funnest movies! And Mick Fleetwood and Dweezil Zappa?!? Come on! You go to love it! Richard Dawson was GREAT! Matbe even worth a low end nomination if the year was weak on Supporting actors!
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MCT:May 19, 2008
The Richard Bachman (Stephen King) book this was taken from is SO much different.
This isn't a bad thing. I liked this take on the Reality Death show better. -
MCT:April 15, 2008
They think they can punish Ah-nold for a crime he didn't commit by forcing him to fight deadly warriors on a tv show until he single-handedly disposes of them all!
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MCT:April 5, 2008
No, it's not as good as the Stephen King short story (Ben Richards crashes a jetliner into the TV studio while holding his guts inside his belly) but it is a good flick to check out, mainly for Jesse "The Body" Ventura and the kissing bandit Richard Dawson.
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MCT:April 1, 2008
Dude, Arnold at his finest.
"I hope you have enough room for my fist because I'm going to ram it into your stomach and break your damn spine!" -
MCT:March 31, 2008
Arnie's one liner count is off the charts. An interesting combination of Commando style stupidity and Robocop style satire. Mostly it's just fun to see roided out man beasts destroy each other. Seriously, Buzzsaw constantly looks like his head is about to explode. And the bit where Arnie rips the camera out of the wall is the greatest thing he's ever done.
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MCT:March 29, 2008
A movie which is more relevant these days than what it was when it was first released, this one stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as Ben Richards, an innocent man convicted for a crime who escapes from prison and is caught by the ICS Network and forced to go on live TV and play a game called The Running Man which no one has ever survived!
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MCT:March 14, 2008
One of my personal favorites! it may not be as good as Stephen King's book but this Sci-fi action thriller is a helluva fun for anyone who likes the genres.
"Well that hit the spot"! as Arnold Schwartzenger says. -
MCT:February 21, 2008
Well some of the parts was a bit boring for me a bit but others weren't all that bad.but overall it was quite a good movie.
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MCT:February 20, 2008
A great 1980's action flick. It's got a decent story along with the puns and corny jokes you'd expect from an early Arnold movie. Very good performances from both Arnold and Richard Dawson. I rank this just below 'Total Recall' in quality. It's got some good action. Not much else to say about it.
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MCT:February 19, 2008
thought the film was good and also a very beleivable concept just felt a little more could be done with the idea. on the whole though a good film and worth a watch
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MCT:February 11, 2008
Holy Fuckin' Shit! This very loose adaptation from Stephen King speaks like a prophercy to the reality TV generation though I doubt they knew just how much weight the story would hold in the real 21st century.
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MCT:January 30, 2008
Probably in Arnie's top five films. 80s cheese, but still good. The idea and the storyline isn't bad. I think this is a good B movie. They could remake this today into an awesome movie because the idea itself is pretty good.
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