In the first shot of The Running Man , protagonist Ben Richards looks directly at the camera and declares, “I’m not angry.” Well, actually, Richards is looking through a window during this opening, staring out at the factory where he once worked but now must beg for a second chance at his old job. The rejection that soon follows will lead him to becoming a contestant on the titular game show where a man runs. Until he dies.

Still, this play of images, and the fact that Ben Richards is lying about his feelings as he looks out a window—all while Glen Powell the actor looks toward us, the audience—captures the play of realities that makes Edgar Wright ‘s update of The Running Man urgent and unique.

Like both the 1982 Stephen King novel and the 1987 movie starring Arnold Schwarz

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