The running man [videorecording (Blu-ray)] / Taft Entertaiment Pictures ; Keith Barish Productions presents through Tri-Star Pictures ; produced by Tim Zinnemann and George Linder ; directed by Paul Michael Glaser.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto, Richard Dawson. Based on the novel by Richard Bachman. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1987. Special features: New 2012 audio commentary with director Paul Michael Glaser.
Summary:
Los Angeles in the year 2017 has become a police state in the wake of the global economy's total collapse. In 2019 The Running Man is the top-rated TV show, where condemned criminals are given a chance for freedom by running through a gauntlet of heavily armed killers known as Stalkers. Ben Richards an ex-cop wrongly convicted of the massacre of unarmed civilians must try and survive the Stalkers.
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