The Running Man

1987 • 100 minutes

About this movie

Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Ben Richards, a cop in the totalitarian America of 2019, framed for massacring rioting civilians during a famine. After escaping from jail, Richards tries to prove his innocence, but his efforts are thwarted at every turn by a regime in need of a scapegoat. Richards is captured along with an innocent civilian, Amber Mendez (Maria Conchita Alonso), and they are forced to participate in a violent game show called "The Running Man," hosted by the unctuous Damon Killian (Richard Dawson). The object of the game for Richards and Mendez: obtain freedom by staying alive against a gauntlet of skillful assassins like "Subzero" (Prof. Toru Tanaka) and "Captain Freedom" (Jesse Ventura), each armed with unique weapons like razor-sharp hockey sticks and chainsaws. With the help of some fellow "contestants," Richards is able to tap into government computers and prove his innocence. The Running Man was very loosely based on a short story by Stephen King, who wrote it under the name Richard Bachman.

Ratings and reviews

This was made when King created his fake author, Richard Bachman (credited in title credits). King thought his name sold books, not skill, so he created Bachman to test the theory. Seems regardless of name, awesome books! The book is kind of different, but like Total Recall and Starship Troopers, the film is still very awesome!

This one was a good sci fi movie and it was and R18+ not a G it had a lot of Violence and the Action was so good and the Actors was so and Aronld S was so and the fighting was so good to.

How times have you had the conversation if running man was real would you watch it?