Running Man (1987)

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.

“Arnold stars as a wrongly convicted federal criminal who escapes a futuristic prison. Once out he promptly is recaptured and put on a television show called the Running Man. A show where one must make his way through a labyrinth being pursued by trackers that include a chainsaw wielding maniac to a hockey playing sumo. It makes for an entertaining ride though it differs greatly from the Richard Bachman novel from which it came from (aka Stephen King). In that story there was no game show arena, rather you just went to the outside world trying to elude the trackers as best you could and the longer you kept hidden from them the more money your family got. Here it is different and look who is in it. With Arnold you need larger than life villains to go against him and also of note is Richard Dawson who is actually rather good as the host of the demented show. Letu0026#39;s face it though, he isnu0026#39;t exactly differing drastically from what he used to do all the time. So what do you get here? Lotu0026#39;s of action and wham bam finish and a little social commentary thrown in for good measure. You also get an entertaining movie that wonu0026#39;t keep you on the edge of your seat, but will pass some time in a fun way.”