Could Edgar Wright save a slumping box office? He gives it a good shot with a new version of Stephen King’s “The Running Man.”

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“The Running Man”: Remakes do work … sometimes. Often they’re pointless, a step down from the original and superfluous — 2025’s “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” for example, or 2024’s “The Crow.” Edgar Wright’s refurbishment of a 1987 cult classic that had Arnold Schwarzenegger fending off foes in a deadly game show contest more than works. The redo —

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