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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,...
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Nov 13, 1987 · Ben Richards (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is desperate – he needs money to treat his daughter’s illness. His last chance is entering a game show called The Running Man where the objective is to elude police and specially trained trackers for a month. The reward is a cool billion dollars.
The Running Man. Roger Ebert November 13, 1987. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. "The Running Man" is an arcade game for the big screen, a contest in which the player is Arnold Schwarzenegger and the game keeps throwing big bruisers at him. To cast this movie, they called up the reserves of Hollywood heavies.
Summaries. In a dystopian America, a falsely convicted policeman gets his shot at freedom when he must forcibly participate in a TV game show where convicts, runners, must battle killers for their freedom. A parody within an action thriller. Ben Richards is an innocent man who is sentenced to the Running Man game show, a futuristic audience ...
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"The Running Man" is a deadly game no one has ever survived. But Schwarzenegger has yet to play. Overview. By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity.
Harold Faltermeyer. Release dates. November 13, 1987. Running time. 101 min. Distributed by. TriStar Pictures (originally) Paramount Pictures (currently) Country. United States. The Running Man is a 1987 science fiction action film. Its director is Paul Michael Glaser and Arnold Schwarzenegger plays the protagonist Ben Richards. Contents. 1Plot.
