The Running Man (1987)

Ben
He and his friends, and the girlfriend he didn't know he had, are going be on TV. They just busted out jail, and they are being croucted game show host.

''There He Goes, The Leading Rusher."
With an eclectic supporting cast - Jim Brown, Jesse Ventura, Dweezil Zappa, Mick Fleetwood - director Paul Michael Glaser keeps the action flowing in this 1987 release, roughly based on a novel written by Richard Bachman (Stephen King).

Richard Dawson (Damon Killian) is the perfect over-the-top game show host, who is more worried about ratings than the lives of the combatants, who are engaged in fights to the death for appreciative audiences.

Arnold Schwarzenegger - "I'm not into politics. I'm into survival." - portrays Ben Richards, a cop falsely-convicted of a crime, who then has to do the ultimate time; facing a gauntlet of killers in this sci-fi thriller.

With commentary on a New World Order - where politics, the media and pop culture merge into one entity - game shows mirroring the violence in society and some great one-liners which brings levity to the plot, The Running Man finishes ahead of the pack in delivering fantastic action.

''There He Goes, The Leading Rusher."
With an eclectic supporting cast - Jim Brown, Jesse Ventura, Dweezil Zappa, Mick Fleetwood - director Paul Michael Glaser keeps the action flowing in this 1987 release, roughly based on a novel written by Richard Bachman (Stephen King).

Richard Dawson (Damon Killian) is the perfect over-the-top game show host, who is more worried about ratings than the lives of the combatants, who are engaged in fights to the death for appreciative audiences.

Arnold Schwarzenegger - "I'm not into politics. I'm into survival." - portrays Ben Richards, a cop falsely-convicted of a crime, who then has to do the ultimate time; facing a gauntlet of killers in this sci-fi thriller.

With commentary on a New World Order - where politics, the media and pop culture merge into one entity - game shows mirroring the violence in society and some great one-liners which brings levity to the plot, The Running Man finishes ahead of the pack in delivering fantastic action.