Storyline

In the year 2019, America is a totalitarian state where the favorite television program is "The Running Man" -- a game show in which prisoners must run to freedom to avoid a brutal death. Having been made a scapegoat by the government, an imprisoned Ben Richards (Arnold Schwarzenegger) has the opportunity to make it back to the outside again by being a contestant on the deadly show, although the twisted host, Damon Killian (Richard Dawson), has no intention of letting him escape.

Plot Keywords

cop, contestant, host, prisoner, stalker, killer, thrilling, intense, dark, bleak, amusing, outlandish, los angeles, labor camp, shantytown, apartment, television studio, abandoned building, wrongful conviction, massacre, game show, dystopia, survival, deception, escape, pursuit, 2010s

Short Review

Slam-bang bravado, non-stop adventure, and overall modest fun, based loosely on a science-fiction story by Richard Bachman (a.k.a. Stephen King).

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