The Running Man

I'm honestly surprised by the negative reception. The runtime may run a little longer than it needs to, but I was thoroughly engaged throughout, and it may be a more restrained Edgar Wright project, but it's still one of the year's best action films. It's unfortunate it flopped too, because the (albeit large) budget was spent brilliantly. From expensive set pieces to showy action sequences to precise visual/sound effects to grand locations, the production and world-building all around were magnificent. The casting hit, the soundtrack hit, the colours hit, the humour hit, the emotion hit, and the messages really hit. To me, it's a hit, and as far as remakes go, this was needed and even exceeded its predecessor.

Wtf was that

Fun watch! I think I enjoyed this one as much as the original, but it’s hard to tell! I really liked the sets and the vibe the world gave off too, very grounded-futuristic!

I also liked the Arnold nod 😂 Was wondering if he’d have a cameo…

I really enjoyed the plane fight too!!

Jett-5
Ashley- 4

This is how to make an action movie, very good, so good. And the corruption and fakeness of the studio were shown very well, and how they'd lie and manipulate to feed the fire, as they say, was very good. It had me on the edge of my seat in multiple parts.

slightly entertaining. but also cheap, predictable, dumb and cringe. the ending was the worst part of this film and they dragged it on way too long.

4.1/10 😐