Even Arnold Schwarzeneggar, always said his lurid 1987 movie of The Running Man was ripe for a remake.

Loosely based on a Stephen King story and set in the dystopian future of 2017, Arnie’s star vehicle was mainly memorable for the awful, shiny yellow Babygro they somehow managed to squeeze him into and some truly excruciating one-liners – e.g. where Arnie cuts a baddie in two with a chainsaw, then quips ‘Aw, he had to split.’

This smart, fast-paced, action-packed 2025 reboot sticks closer to Stephen King’s book. Our hero is still Ben Richards, now played by Glen Powell.

A righteous, but angry everyman, Ben is continually fired from construction/mining jobs for sticking it to The Man. Desperate to pay for costly meds for his sick little girl, Ben takes a high-risk gamble. He signs up to

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