The Running Man

JPV852

7/10

Pretty fun and entertaining remake/re-adaptation that features a fine performance from Glen Powell alongside solid action scenes. Josh Brolin's shear presence made home quite good even if it's a thinly written character and one who doesn't have a ton of screen time. Nothing groundbreaking but still worth checking out. **3.75/5**

There's often a very good reason why they say a film is "adapted" from a literary work. Such was the case with the 1988 film, "Running Man". Ably adapted from Stephen Kings literary work, it condensed a much longer tale, into a manageable and entertaining package. Regrettably, what has been repeatedly touted as an advantage, that is the new film, following the literary work of King more cl...

misubisu

7/10

### **Review: *The Running Man (2025)*** **Score: 7/10** Comparing any remake to the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger classic is a brutal contest. The original is a beloved, muscle-bound, high-camp satire of 80s media and authoritarianism, where the puns are as thick as the biceps. The 2025 adaptation wisely doesn't try to be that. It takes Stephen King's (writing as Richard Bachman) original dyst...

Oh dude...end it at the plane crash. The man who runs is good at running. Nice skill set like that guy who transports things. Lots of movers these days. Should have been called Marathon Man.

GenerationofSwine

1/10

No one asked for this, no one wanted this.... and like so many other movies that no one asked for or wanted, they gave it to us anyway.... .... and they added political lectures to it, but at least they didn't race and gender swap the lead. Even then, it's an insult to the original, it's an insult to the source material, it's an insult to the intelligence.