| THE RUNNING MAN A Random Action Filled 3 Cheeses Characters: Ben Richards: ARNOLD Tricked into going on The Running Man His Two firends: Side characters who you know are going to bite it Amber: The resiquite female character Killian: The host of The Running Man PLOT In the near future America has broken down and everything is in shables. TV rules over peoples lives and the most popular program is a little gameshow called THE RUNNING MAN. I bet you didn't see that coming. In this happy future TV is used to keep the population from actually speaking out. Bread and Circuses yeah!!! Ben Richards is framed for murder and after escaping from prison he is captured and forced to be a "volunter" contestant on T.R.M. We find out about an underground resistance that is out to stop the EVIL network. So as Ben and company run around a crumbling portian of LA they are chased around by 4 different killers, known as stalkers. Dynamo, Buzzsaw, Sub-Zero, and Fireball try to kill Ben, but because he's ARNOLD you can guess what happens to them. And then Jesse Ventura is there playing Captin Freedom a former stalker, who is there just to be Jesse Ventura. SFX The special effects in this movie consist of gun shots, explosions, and the blue lightning that Dynamo shoots at people. For the 80's they all look better than average. GORE One Exploding Head Bullet hits Some light blood spills I Learned The President will have an agent in the future Like pro wrestlers it's impossible for a stalker to have a good name ARNOLD has the super-human ability to think up one-liners at will BEST QUOTE "I'll be back"- ARNOLD steels his own quote from The Terminator. BOTTOM LINE The Running Man is one of those action/sci fi movies that uses a decent plot to hold itself together. Even thoguh it's like many other movies plots it still holds the viewers attention. The plot tries to make itself sound important by painting satrizing the worlds addiction to TV and violence, but it really doesn't seem to fit because that's what you rent this movie for anyways. But because this was an ARNOLD movie you can be promised a good time. Also, The Running Man, is based on the book of the same name by Richard Bachman, Stephen King's fake name. Really all that the two share in common is the name, but they're both good in their own ways. |