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Nov 13, 1987 · The Running Man: Directed by Paul Michael Glaser. With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto, Jim Brown. 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.
The Running Man is a 1987 American dystopian action film directed by Paul Michael Glaser and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, María Conchita Alonso, Richard Dawson, Yaphet Kotto, and Jesse Ventura.
America is a totalitarian society. Schwarzenegger is a cop who flies his own helicopter gunship and is ordered to fire on citizens who are rioting for food. Refusing to fire on innocent civilians, he is knocked unconscious, jailed, accused of false charges and assigned to a penal colony.
A police helicopter flies through the night sky near Bakersfield, California. A decorated officer and captain, Ben Richards (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is piloting. Investigating a disturbance, he reports a food riot composed of 1,500 unarmed civilians, many of them women and children.
Set in the future, a wrongly convicted policeman must win his freedom by participating in a televised survival game by fighting a team of assassins directed by a sadistic game show host in a desolate section of Los Angeles. The price before discount is the median price for the last 90 days.
Overview. By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight for their lives, including the gladiator-style The Running Man, hosted by the ruthless Damon ...
The Running Man blasts onto screens as a 5-star action extravaganza! Arnold Schwarzenegger dominates as Ben Richards, a wrongly convicted man forced into a deadly game show. This sci-fi...
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THE RUNNING MAN Trailer (1987) © Taft Entertainment Pictures Release Date: November 13, 1987 (USA) Genre: Action/Thriller Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto...
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.
Ben Richards is an innocent man who is sentenced to the Running Man game show, a futuristic audience participation capital punishment television show. While Ben is running from champions with chainsaws and sharpened hockey sticks, the host is busy with calls to the network about ratings.
