Mastodawn

I've just read Stephen King's 'The Running Man' for… reasons. It's very much of its time, but also an exemplary essay in the craft of thrillering.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/620d044f-efba-4518-b45d-f555af61e56d

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QuirkyFilms 3d ago

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#TheRunningMan (1987)
In a future dystopian America, a wrongfully accused and convicted policeman gets his shot at freedom when he's forced to participate in a TV game show where convicts called Runners must battle killers for their freedom.

3.5/5 ⭐️

GentleMan Gef Mar 25

I watched The Running Man last night. Has some Idiocracy vibes about "the future". Some humor to lighten the graphic violence.

I enjoyed it. Available on Prime.

An Edgar Wright film.

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The Running Man (2025 film) - Wikipedia

Raurquiz Mar 25

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Phil Edwards Mar 24

What’s New in Home Video & Pop Culture – March 24, 2026 – Is This Thing On?, The Running Man, Not Without Hope, Cutter’s Way and more. Details here https://www.liveforfilm.com/2026/03/24/whats-new-in-home-video-pop-culture-march-24-2026-is-this-thing-on-the-running-man-not-without-hope-cutters-way-and-more/

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RABID GOAT 👐Mar 24

The film’s central ideological insight is powerful and timely: the extreme form of reality TV on display is not neutral entertainment but a mechanism to pit individuals against each other so that they can be systematically looted by the elite #TheRunningMan https://boxd.it/dEt3bj

A ★★★ review of The Running Man (2025)

Running the System Edgar Wright’s "The Running Man" stands as a politically charged, self‑consciously re‑adaptation of Stephen King’s 1982 Bachman‑novel that modernizes its dystopian television spectacle into a hyper‑paced, media‑satirical action thriller. The film successfully re‑stages King’s core premise—a televised, state‑sponsored manhunt framed as populist entertainment—yet struggles to reconcile its didactic class critique with its celebratory, genre‑savvy spectacle, generating a persistent sense of ideological and formal “unruliness.” At the level of narrative and discourse, "The Running Man" truly comes alive when it foregrounds the collusion between the Network and the neoliberal state. The lethal game show, orchestrated by the manipulative

RABID GOAT 👐Mar 23

Ich habe #TheRunningMan (2025) auf #IMDb mit 6/10 bewertet. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14107334