The Running Man (1987)
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Richard Dawson, Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto
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Schwarzenegger sadistically dispatches the baddies, enunciating typical wisecrack remarks (many repeated from his previous films), but it's all too easy.
Only Richard Dawson -- brilliantly cast -- redeems this mess with a superior performance.
The fun of the movie is really in its premise, its cool confrontations between Arny & villains, the cheezy one-liners and Maria Conchita-Alonso in tights!
Pretty warmed-over stuff, this future world of the terminal TV game shows, and director Glaser fails to muster much pace and punch.
It's not quite Network, but then it also doesn't take itself too seriously.
The licenses taken with King’s original tale only serve to make a more effective movie.
The story concept is good, and the film has plenty of fun and campy moments, but it’s also a little goofy.
We can only hope network execs that are watching don’t get any funny ideas.
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