An unjustly accused prisoner in 2019 is given a slim chance at freedom if he survives a public execution gauntlet staged as the television game show 'The Running Man'. While he is running from champions with chainsaws and sharpened hockey sticks, the host is busy with calls to the network about ratings.
23 November 1964, Virginia, USA
27 January 1958, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
15 November 1939, New York City, New York, USA
17 February 1936, St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA
23 June 1957, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
23 November 1964, Virginia, USA
20 November 1951, Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA
10 September 1957, Tucson, Arizona, USA
8 May 1964, Orange County, California, USA
21 July 1966, Vermont, USA
March 24, 1963 in Los Angeles, California, USA
8 November 1966, Los Angeles, California, USA
12 October 1943, Detroit, Michigan, USA
16 September 1953, San Francisco, California, USA
30 July 1947, Thal, Styria, Austria
April 22, 2017
Holds up a shocking reflection of where we actually stand as a society in 2017.
August 30, 2004
It's not quite Network, but then it also doesn't take itself too seriously.
January 01, 2000
You want to know if The Running Man is a good-time macho show, right? Stay at home and watch professional wrestling.
April 30, 2008
Schwarzenegger sadistically dispatches the baddies, enunciating typical wisecrack remarks (many repeated from his previous films), but it's all too easy.
January 01, 2000
The movie's problem is that all of the action scenes are versions of the same scenario.
April 30, 2008
It's an arcade-game romp done with flair.
June 05, 2007
Only Richard Dawson -- brilliantly cast -- redeems this mess with a superior performance.
April 30, 2008
A brainless, breathless thrill.
February 12, 2017
One of those movies that's a lot of fun to watch without being particularly good, The Running Man is a chintzy-looking affair that gets by on stunt casting and a killer concept.
June 24, 2006
Pretty warmed-over stuff, this future world of the terminal TV game shows, and director Glaser fails to muster much pace and punch.
January 01, 2000
The message is irrelevant. It's still the Olympian myth, albeit in a Lycra leotard, that counts with the Arn Man.
