The Running Man

I'm not into politics. I'm into survival.

The Running Man is directed by Paul Michael Glaser and adapted from the Stephen King (as Richard Bachman) story by Steven E. de Souza. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Richard Dawson, Yaphet Kotto, Jim Brown, Jesse Ventura, Erland van Lidth, Marvin J. McIntyre, Gus Rethwisch, Professor Toru Tanaka and Mick Fleetwood. Music is by Harold Faltermeyer and cinematography by Thomas Del Ruth.

It may be packed with cheese and is as nutty as a squirrel's sandwich, but this is one astutely entertaining futuristic slice of sci-fi pie. Schwarzenegger becomes a reluctant contestant in the most popular TV show of the time, The Running Man. It's a sadistic show where convicts are thrust...

Richards (Arnold Schwarzenegger) has always had trouble with authority. Usually, thats because he doesnt like carrying out arbitrary orders in his newly militarised USA. When he finally finds himself on the wrong side of the law, his options are reduced to participation in the ultimate game show. He can win his freedom and a life of luxury if hes the last man standing, but along the way he is going to play ball with the manipulative producer Killian (Richard Dawson) who has no intention of paying him a cent. Before long, though, Richards begins to realise that there is an undercurrent of resistance thriving here and its goal it to destroy the network and reinstate some sort of liberty for the now put-upon citizenry. With the Stalkers like F...