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The Running Man [Import]

Arnold Schwarzenegger , Maria Conchita Alonso , Paul Michael Glaser    R (Restricted)   DVD
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In this action thriller based on an early story by Stephen King, Los Angeles in the year 2017 has become a police state in the wake of the global economy's total collapse. All forms of entertainment are government controlled, and the most popular show on television is an elaborate game show in which convicted criminals are given a chance to escape by running through a gauntlet of brutal killers known as "Stalkers." Anyone who survives is given their freedom and a condominium in Hawaii, so when a wrongly accused citizen (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is chosen as a contestant, all hell breaks loose. Cheesy sets and a slimy role for game-show host Richard Dawson make this violent mess of mayhem a candidate for guilty pleasure; it is the kind of movie that truly devoted Arnold fans will want to watch more than once. And check those credits--choreography by Paula Abdul! --Jeff Shannon

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New 2012 Audio Commentary with Director PAUL MICHAEL GLASER

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Jenny J.J.I. TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
When I first saw this movie, I looked at it as, well, another 1980's action flick with Arnold Schwarzenegger literally devouring his enemies. It was entertaining, but it had something of a pro-wrestling mentality. It's a pretty good movie. It does recreate the look and feel of many of the WWF superstars, and it also includes former pro-wrestler Jesse "The Body" Ventura. It seemed to me that it was pure entertainment, as was pro-wrestling itself. However, something changed my mind. It was near the beginning of summer, when the news came that wrestler Owen Hart died of an accident at a wrestling event. His death shook me up, and it was hard for me to like wrestling anymore. After something like that, you realize that in some ways, "The Running Man" is true to life! It's about people fighting for their lives on a game show. The audience cheers for death and for blood. The more people are killed on the show, the higher the ratings go. Killian, the show's host, is a poke at WWF owner Vince McMahon, who, for the sake of ratings, has taken his wrestling federation farther than what anyone has ever seen before. Back then, it used to be Hulkamania, which was decent entertainment. Now, it's loaded with sex, violence, and blood.

What went wrong? I don't know but reviewer Main Man can tell you all about it due to his high knowledge of wrestling. It's been close to a decade since I seen wrestling and the last straw was when Owen Hart lost his life over a stunt to please the fans!

Aside from that, "The Running Man" actually tries to tell something important about the television entertainment we are having nowadays. If we take a quick look at some of the most daring and wretched ones of today's game shows we can note that even though they don't slaughter people yet they do almost everything else to keep the audience happy - no matter how immoral it might get. Here's a futuristic vision of a show called "The Running man". It still looks a pretty absurd and ridiculous from today's point of view but we're certainly heading to that direction. Slowly, perhaps, put that's the course.

This movie can be seen as what it also is: excellent action movie and alongside with "Conan the Barbarian - Collector's Edition", "The Terminator", "Commando (Director's Cut)" and "Predator (Widescreen Collector's Edition)" it's one of the greatest Schwarzenegger classics of the 80's. He celebrated his 40th birthday in 1987, everybody found him a believable man of action, people loved him and actually took him and even his amusing Austrian accent seriously. If I look at "The Running man" and compare it to Schwarzenegger's most recent films this one makes me very nostalgic. He's so soft nowadays. But then again, 80's are in the past. In "The Running man" we have lots of cruel and brilliant fights, exciting and funny chases, maniacal bad guys with interesting weapons and among many other good things Arnie's famous "I'll be back" -one liner. Yes sir, I like it.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Classic Arnie flick (3.5/5) Nov 2 2007
By falcon TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
In the Running Man,Arnold Schwarzenegger play a man framed and wrongly
convicted of a crime in the future.His sentence:being a contestant on a
brutal reality TV show where the inmates face overwhelming odds to stay
alive against their opponents,who are armed and also well protected
from head to toe.the game is basically rigged in favour of their
opponents.thus far no convict has ever made it out alive.but of course
Arnie is no ordinary inmate.this reality TV show makes what passes for
reality TV today look like Mister Rogers.anyway,the film is filled with
terrific action sequences,some wit courtesy of some classic Arnie one
liners.there are also some suspenseful moments,and some terrific death
scenes.the acting may not be stellar,but hey,it's Arnie,so who needs
good acting.overall,a very well paced,entertaining piece of work. 3.5/5
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By Xphile
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is an old movie but I consider it a classic. It was a must have in my library while replacing tapes with DVD . I'm a fan of both these giants. It's action with some humor (as Schwarzenegger does best in my opinion) and it pokes fun at How tv runs our lives in a post apocalyptic world, and how we allow it until a group of underground computer wizards use Arnold during a run for his life to find the media uplink so they can broadcast the truth!
Love it
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3.0 out of 5 stars Run away from the Special Features
The Running Man is loosely based on the novella of the same name by Richard Bachman, aka Stephen King. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Jason Barrett
3.0 out of 5 stars brutal blu-ray compression
This film looks good on blu-ray, but contains probably the worst case of audio compression ever heard. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Cheryl
3.0 out of 5 stars A Prescient Prediction
It's hard to believe that, as goofy as The Running Man is, it came so close to predicting what society would be like in the future. Read more
Published on July 14 2010 by LeBrain
1.0 out of 5 stars IT SUCKS!
THIS MOVIE SUCKS! ITS JUST ABOUT A CONVICT WHO RUNS! EVERY ONE SAID YOU HAVE TO SEE IT IT'S AN ACTION CLASIC! BUT NO ITS HORIBLE! Read more
Published on Sep 2 2007 by thibs happy dude from canada
4.0 out of 5 stars When future governors collide
If there's another film out there featuring two future governors, I don't know what it could be. Ironically, both future politicians' characters actually reflect their future... Read more
Published on Aug 5 2007 by Daniel Jolley
3.0 out of 5 stars Perhaps more topical now
While in 1987 this may have been simply another action star for Governor-to-be Schwarzenegger, viewed today this film offers more layers of meaning. Read more
Published on July 4 2004 by Colin
1.0 out of 5 stars Read the book instead
I read the book by Stephen King and I loved it! This movie is NOTHING like the book. The basic plot (and I mean VERY basic) is the same, but the events that take place aren't... Read more
Published on Jun 25 2004 by Chemerfian
3.0 out of 5 stars Another great piece of 80s Arnie action megacheese!
Although I don't consider 'The Running Man' to be one of Arnie's best bits of action fare, it does have more than its fair share of those silly cheeseball moments that I ofttimes... Read more
Published on Jun 21 2004 by Zagnorch
3.0 out of 5 stars Arnie runs for his life
This overly predictable sci-fi/action yarn (based on a story by Stephen King which he wrote under the pen name Richard Bachman) stars good 'ol Arnie as a wrongfully accused man... Read more
Published on Jun 14 2004 by N. Durham
4.0 out of 5 stars Worth for the last 5 minutes itself !
Trashy looking and predictably fun Arnold vehicle based on a Stephen King novel (which he wrote under the name Richard Bachman) has Arnold as a cop turned into a scape goat for the... Read more
Published on Jun 10 2004 by Jessy
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