The Running Man

In the year 2019, America is a totalitarian state where the favorite television program is “The Running Man” – a game show in which prisoners must run to freedom to avoid a brutal death. Having been made a scapegoat by the government, an imprisoned Ben Richards (Arnold Schwarzenegger) has the opportunity to make it back to the outside again by being a contestant on the deadly show, although the twisted host, Damon Killian (Richard Dawson), has no intention of letting him escape.

Critic Reviews:

• " It's not quite Network, but then it also doesn't take itself too seriously. " – Vincent Canby

• " However far away from the book's original vision the movie may stray, it ends up right in Arnold's wheel­house, letting him dispatch a series of worthy rivals with aplomb. " – Adam Nayman

• " A brainless, breathless thrill. " – Ian Nathan