Who: Amber & Jonathan
What: The Running Man
Where: @ home off cable
Why: Jonathan has never seen it, and it's a classic in my book
In the far future ... 2017 ... the world economy has collapsed. Sounds familiar huh? Well, in the late '80s, the year 2017 was far away.
The US has become totally controlled by the government, even TV. The most popular TV show is called The Running Man. It shows a couple criminals running away from "the stalkers" whose job is to kill them. Literally - kill them. People love seeing criminals killed by the stalkers!
Ben Richards (Schwarzenegger) used to be an Army military pilot. On a routine mission, the Army asks Ben to fire on some innocent people. He refuses and his Army captain knocks him out, and fires on the innocent people. Then he frames Ben, and he goes to jail for 2 years ... until he escapes!
Unfortunately, he doesn't get very far. Next thing he knows he's on The Running Man, along with 3 of his good buddies.
Richards is a tough dude. Unstead of being killed by the stalkers, he takes them out one by one.
This movie is a cheesy ball of goodness! Although, I highly recommend the short story by Richard Bachman (aka: Steven King). It's a fantastic read! Way better than the movie!
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Noteworthy is that the M.C. of the game show is the original host of "Family Feud": Richard Dawson.
Good point. Richard Dawson was FANTASTIC in this movie!
I've seen and/or heard clips from this movie at multiple baseball stadiums too.
"Let's get running!"
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