The Running Man (1987)

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Maximum Fun, Emily Fleming, Tv & Film, Jordan Morris, Comedy, Movies

4.9 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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This week, perfectly timed with the release of the Glen Powell remake, we decided to watch Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Running Man (1987), a movie about how there are no original ideas left in Hollywood or something. Tune in next week when our movie will be... The Notebook.

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0:00.0	I'm
0:02.0	We have a lot of us We're with us We're going to be. We're going to be. We're25 to watch the new running man movie in 4DX when you can go online for free and watch the original while a friend
0:38.9	or loved one shakes you around and spits water in your face. I'm Jordan Morris. And I'm Emily Fleming.
0:44.6	Today's movie is the 1987 version of The Running Man. A movie with so many bad puns you think it stars
0:51.9	my dad when he gets drunk at Christmas with us as always is the
0:55.7	super producer the he freak matt lee hitting us with those timely satirical drops don't touch that
1:02.1	die ha ha ha remember i did not think you were going to do that one what i mean there was so many
1:07.9	to choose from what did you think it was going to be emily I thought it was going to be he's no longer sub-zero.
1:13.6	He's just zero.
1:14.6	Yeah, yeah.
1:15.6	To me, that was, it was too bitchy.
1:18.6	You know what I mean?
1:19.6	I was like, wow, what a catty bitch when he said that.
1:23.6	No, I chose between that and his, for some reason, reprising, I'll be back.
1:31.6	Right.
1:32.9	Well, part of me wonders if that sub-zero line makes an appearance in Batman where he's playing Sub-Zero.
1:41.8	Well, he's playing Mr. Freeze.
1:43.9	Mr. Freeze. Mr. Freeze.
1:44.8	And he talks about Zero.
1:46.8	Is this the start of a YouTube essay where we posit that every Arnold Schwarzenegger character is the same guy?
1:54.0	I mean, it kind of is.
1:55.6	I got Sub-Zero confused, by the way.
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