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The Running Man (1987)
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Reviews Counted:32
Fresh:20
Rotten:12
Average Rating:5.5/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 1 min
Genre: Television
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... 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. The wronged cop agrees to the challenge, teaming up with a pair of revolutionaries and an innocent young woman to survive the game and overthrow the corrupt system. [More]
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Richard Dawson, Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Richard Dawson, Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto
Director: Paul Michael Glaser
Director: Paul Michael Glaser
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Reviews for The Running Man
The picture fails to please beyond its glossy surface, cheap thrills, and crazed Richard Dawson cameo. Hmm ... maybe that's not such a bad thing.
You want to know if The Running Man is a good-time macho show, right? Stay at home and watch professional wrestling.
The movie lacks any real tension and seems to be a host of fight scenes hastily added together.
The message is irrelevant. It's still the Olympian myth, albeit in a Lycra leotard, that counts with the Arn Man.
The movie's problem is that all of the action scenes are versions of the same scenario.
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