The Running Man

1987

Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 59% · 125 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 61% · 50K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 189101 189.1K

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Director

Paul Michael Glaser Photo
Paul Michael Glaser

Top cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger Photo
Arnold Schwarzenegger as Ben Richards
Maureen Flaherty Photo
Maureen Flaherty as (uncredited)
Sandy Holt Photo
Sandy Holt as Woman in Airport
Dona Hardy Photo
Dona Hardy as Mrs. McArdle
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859.25 MB
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23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
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1.61 GB
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English 2.0
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1 hr 41 min
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4.54 GB
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English 5.1
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23.976 fps
1 hr 40 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by GiantCodyPuffs 7 / 10

"Well, that hit the spot."

As many of my friends know, there are still a handful of Arnie movies I haven't seen. Sure, I've covered the big ones-Terminator 1 & 2, Predator, ... ... Jingle All the Way, Kindergarten Cop-but I somehow missed the boat on a bunch of his classic action vehicles.Enter Alamo Drafthouse. This month, they're screening a whole lineup of the ones I've missed! Sadly, I'm out of town for a lot of them, but I lucked out and caught a free screening of The Running Man.I went in totally blind. Watching this in between Alamo's Hunger Games screenings made for some pretty hilarious irony: Dystopian society? Life-or-death game show? Rising rebellion? It's all here folks!What surprised me was how much this '80s movie got right about the future. Voice-activated tech like Alexa? Check. Deepfakes? Check. Political and televised misinformation? Big check. Set in 2019, the movie felt eerily prescient. With it being based on a Stephen King novel, I half-wondered if he had access to the same time machine the Simpsons writers use. Of course, it still feels very '80s in style-campy, neon-soaked, and gloriously over the top-but that's part of its charm.As for the movie itself, it was pretty much what I expected: pure, unfiltered '80s camp. Not all of Arnold's one-liners landed, but the ones that did? Chef's kiss. That said, the true MVP was the Elderly Lady in the audience (credited simply as "Elderly Lady"-I think her name was Agnes). When she said, "That boy's one mean motherf***er," I nearly lost it. Heading into the golden age of Arnie, who could disagree?
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Reviewed by zakcarroll-93753 8 / 10

Still a classic

Running man is an absolute classic Schwarzenegger film. If you're looking for a smart political sci-fi drama don't worry about catching this one. If you're looking for a dumb political sci-fi action flic oh boy you're in for a treat. In true Schwarzenegger fashion this film is full of cheesy one liners and almost nonstop action. The story is compelling while still keeping things on the lighter side. It still seems like we're only one more bad election from this being our reality. The same people who scrutinize action movies like this are the same people who watch children's movies and criticize them for being "too childish". It's campy, it's corny and i absolutely love it.

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