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Shat the Movies: 80's & 90's Best Film Review

The Running Man (1987)

Shat the Movies: 80's & 90's Best Film Review

Shat on Entertainment

Film Reviews, 80s, Shermerhighschool, Sixteencandles, Movies, Tv & Film, Weirdscience, Breakfastclub, Vcr, Johnhughes, Vhs, 90s, Classicmovies

4.61.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

This week on "Shat the Movies," we’re running headfirst into The Running Man (1987), the action-packed sci-fi thriller starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Join us as we break down the high-stakes game show, over-the-top villains, and the unforgettable one-liners in this satirical dystopian classic. Whether you're a fan or new to it, get ready for a fast-paced and fun discussion!

Plot Summary
In the year 2019, America is a totalitarian state where the favorite television program is “The Running Man” — a game show in which prisoners must run to freedom to avoid a brutal death. Having been made a scapegoat by the government, an imprisoned Ben Richards (Arnold Schwarzenegger) has the opportunity to make it back to the outside again by being a contestant on the deadly show, although the twisted host, Damon Killian (Richard Dawson), has no intention of letting him escape.

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0:00.0

6-2-230.

0:02.2

From there, he gets out of prison, and we get, I think, the best outfit of all.

0:06.5

He's got this, like, World's Gym T-shirt, a cigar, and then, like, this little yellow cap.

0:13.1

He looks like he might be going to adult daycare and, like, a lunchbox or something.

0:17.8

And then, of course, we get the famous yellow running man suit.

0:20.5

It is just,

0:21.8

Bravo.

0:23.2

Remember when we first met John McLean?

0:26.2

Our God picked him up from the plane

0:28.5

and took him down the Nakatomi Tower

0:31.2

at the Christmas party.

0:33.7

And the terrorists were over zealids,

0:36.2

but it was sweet when they killed Alice.

0:39.3

And with a little help from Allen, John McClink, he died.

0:43.6

Welcome back to chat, the movies, the podcast where we answered the question,

0:46.9

where the movies we loved when we were growing up really that good.

0:49.8

You ever caught yourself thinking, why don't they make movies like they used to?

0:52.8

Can you still remember spending your Friday night searching for the perfect movie rental blockbuster video?

0:56.9

Do you know what blockbuster video is?

0:59.4

If you answered yes, then this is the podcast for you.

1:02.1

I am one of your hosts, Gene Lyons, and alongside me as my co-host, Big D, Dick Ebert.

1:06.8

Good evening.

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