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Here is my full reaction to The Running Man from 1987!

This was a fun action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. It has over the top drama, an 80s futuristic setting, with lots of cheesy action and a great plot. The film really seems like it laid the groundwork for future dystopian worlds like The Hunger Games. I'm looking forward to seeing the remake to see how their interpretation of the world differs.

Watched on: Paramount+ / Runtime: 1:40:48

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(Full Reaction) The Running Man 1987

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Comments

Well-Sewn

Potentially unpopular comment - I’m hopeful for a reaction to the 2025 version. While the ‘87 is iconic, the 2025 follows the book a lot better, and delivers the social commentary a ton better, I feel. I think, box office and critically, it just fell in the shadow of ‘not being the one I remember from the 80’s’.

Stephen Hert

Heavily agree. And no, it’s not unpopular. The newest one delivers on a level the older version wishes it could. And it is closer to the book.

Ed Scoglio

I think the most offended I've ever seen you get Jax is when they revealed the yellow outfit they put Arnold in. Your reaction to that was hilarious! The resistance might have not been able to count on you, but I have a feeling you'd have just joined Arnold in Hawaii in the first place! And yeah, this is indeed a period love story. And it took place in the future, but the future is 2017, which is now out past! Not sure if you know this, but "Richard Bachman" who wrote the book is actually Stephen King! That was a pen name he used early in his career. This movie and the book are very different. All this movie took was a few names and the idea of The Running Man, but the game itself in the story is very different. The remake follows it far more closely. It's also funny that you're so terrified of Texas Chain Saw Massacre when it is actually one of the least bloody horror movies ever and in fact only 1 person is actually killed by the chainsaw in the whole movie! Of course the lack of blood and gore is a big reason that movie is still so scary!

Ed Scoglio

I had mixed feelings on the remake. I think I might feel different when I watch it again. Being directed by Edgar Wright, I think I expected more of his style.

Alex Gorell

100% agree the remake is more Enjoyable for me.

Aendery2k

No Lamby points for me. as many times as I have seen this, i can never remember the code. Though in our defense, we have music and cameras flashing back and forth between scenes, Amber has relative silence and a guy reading her numbers over and over. I laughed pretty good when Jax said she was in the mood for Jane Austin. You would be hard pressed to find a more diametrically opposed genre. Personally, i did not love the remake. This movie has always worked for me because it is silly and over the top, and so is its satire. I just don't think the remake pulled it off.

Stephen Hert

The Remake was way closer to the book. And Glen Powell was phenomenal. To each their own, I guess.