The Running Man 1987
- Director: Paul Michael Glaser
- Seen by this director: nothing else that he directed but he played the romantic lead in Fiddler on the Roof!
- Based on the novel by Richard Bachman (a.k.a. well, you know)
- Cast: Arnold Schwartznegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto, Richard Dawson
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- Arnold Schwartznegger – Terminator etc, Dave, Twins
- Yaphet Kotto – The Wire, Homicide Life on the Streets, Alien
- Richard Dawson – TV series
- Why? I remember liking it.
- Seen: Once before. Now 9 January 2022, 5 years after the film takes place.
Totalitarian
society. The most popular TV show is ‘Running Man’, convicted criminals who are
released to be chased by really nasty brutes. If they win, they survive and
have a good life. If they lose, well, you can guess. The audiences go mad,
cheering for the brutes.
Ben
Richards (Schwarzenegger) is supposedly a good guy who gets into trouble and is
forced to become the Running Man.
Why
did I like this? It’s 97 % action (yawn), 1% Schwarzenegger’s stupid muscles, 1%
Schwarzenegger’s even stupider one-liners and 1% stupid sexist love story.
This film has aged very, very badly. But for the 80’s hair
1 * of 5
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