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.
10 September 1957, Tucson, Arizona, USA
6 January 1930, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
22 June 1948, Watsonville, California, USA
March 24, 1963 in Los Angeles, California, USA
29 June 1957, Cienfuegos, Cuba
3 December 1912, USA
3 June 1953, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
23 November 1964, Virginia, USA
24 June 1947, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
18 February 1947, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
27 May 1948, Brooklyn, New York, USA
23 June 1957, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
20 November 1913
April 30, 2008
A brainless, breathless thrill.
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.
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.
April 22, 2017
Holds up a shocking reflection of where we actually stand as a society in 2017.
April 30, 2008
Schwarzenegger sadistically dispatches the baddies, enunciating typical wisecrack remarks (many repeated from his previous films), but it's all too easy.
August 30, 2004
It's not quite Network, but then it also doesn't take itself too seriously.
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.
January 01, 2000
The movie's problem is that all of the action scenes are versions of the same scenario.
June 05, 2007
Only Richard Dawson -- brilliantly cast -- redeems this mess with a superior performance.
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.
