Horror Extreme Movie Catalog - Editorial Reviews

the running man is a game show in 2019. Where convicts can win pardons by defeating murderous henchmen. The stalkers schwarzenegger is wrongly convicted of slaughtering 1500 innocent people and he is the next contestant to fight for his life..And his freedom. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 08/20/2002 Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger Yaphet Kotto Run time: 101 minutes Rating: R

In this action thriller based on an early story by Stephen King, Los Angeles in the year 2017 has become a police state in the wake of the global economy's total collapse. All forms of entertainment are government controlled, and the most popular show on television is an elaborate game show in which convicted criminals are given a chance to escape by running through a gauntlet of brutal killers known as "Stalkers." Anyone who survives is given their freedom and a condominium in Hawaii, so when a wrongly accused citizen (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is chosen as a contestant, all hell breaks loose. Cheesy sets and a slimy role for game-show host Richard Dawson make this violent mess of mayhem a candidate for guilty pleasure; it is the kind of movie that truly devoted Arnold fans will want to watch more than once. And check those credits--choreography by Paula Abdul! --Jeff Shannon