The Running Man (1987)
63 %
Reviews Counted: 32 Fresh: 20 Rotten:12 Average Rating: 5.5/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 1 min
Synopsis:
In the 21st Century, the government frames a good cop for a bloody massacre. The authorities take him into custody and then give him an option: he can spend the rest of his life in jail or participate in a "gladiator" type television show that usually culminates with the death of the protagonist.... [More]
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Richard Dawson, Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto
Director: Paul Michael Glaser
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Reviews
Schwarzenegger sadistically dispatches the baddies, enunciating typical wisecrack remarks (many repeated from his previous films), but it's all too easy.
04/30/08 10:38 AM
Top Critic
Only Richard Dawson -- brilliantly cast -- redeems this mess with a superior performance.
06/05/07 06:19 PM
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!
08/25/06 03:15 AM
Pretty warmed-over stuff, this future world of the terminal TV game shows, and director Glaser fails to muster much pace and punch.
06/24/06 04:22 AM
It's not quite Network, but then it also doesn't take itself too seriously.
08/30/04 10:17 PM
Top Critic The licenses taken with King’s original tale only serve to make a more effective movie.
08/23/04 02:47 PM
The story concept is good, and the film has plenty of fun and campy moments, but it’s also a little goofy.
05/14/04 06:14 PM
We can only hope network execs that are watching don’t get any funny ideas.
02/05/04 05:15 PM
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