An Honest Trailer for The Running Man

The Running Man is a 1987 movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as the man who runs. I don't know what prompted Screen Junkies to pick this movie from the past to critique, but there are clues in the narration. I never saw The Running Man, but from this video it appears to be a precursor to The Hunger Games and Squid Game dressed up in 1980s neon spandex. It's also a satire on modern bread and circuses for the masses while the power elite behind the scenes get away with everything. The Running Man features athletes like Jesse Ventura and Jim Brown, who fit right in, and some unlikely casting in game show host Richard Dawson and musician Mick Fleetwood. Should you pull out The Running Man and watch it again? I don't know, it might give you a nostalgic laugh or maybe a sense of dread about our modern world. Pick your own poison.  

Update: rcxb set me straight. There is a new movie version of The Running Man opening this weekend. I am embarrassed over how that flew under my radar. 


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I'm expecting some sort of Squid Games knock off. I guess it's cheaper to do a reboot than to use a brand new story. It would be so refreshing to watch a movie that's an original story because there are so many people writing books and a lot of their stories are worth watching. And I am weary of all of those comic book action heroes. Perhaps it's time to put the spandex away for a few decades and start treating viewers as though their IQs are higher than a 3rd grader?
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