Somewhat unfairly sneered at by critics as a misguided exercise in overblown camp dressed up as satire, and relegated within Arnie's overall body of work to the category of "minor Schwarzenegger" (as if such a thing even exists), this dystopic actioner stands the test of time as an overlooked, under-appreciated gem. A riotously over-the-top vision of a world gone mad, where government and the entertainment industry work in harmony to promote the status quo and the oppressed masses are distracted by television, encouraged to direct their anger at manufactured enemies of the state who run the gauntlet of a high-tech gladiatorial arena in a fight for their very lives.
It also serves as a somewhat seminal, landmark moment for the Great Man, earmarking the moment when at the zenith of his popularity and the height of his prowess Arnold went meta. The tagline for the original 1987 release of The Running Man...
It also serves as a somewhat seminal, landmark moment for the Great Man, earmarking the moment when at the zenith of his popularity and the height of his prowess Arnold went meta. The tagline for the original 1987 release of The Running Man...
- 2/12/2010
- by Neil Pedley
- JustPressPlay.net
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