“The Running Man” races from the theaters and into the home video market, as the action comedy, starring Glen Powell, arrives ...

There’s roughly a 17‑year span between Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first theatrical film and his role in the 1987 version of The Running Man. Though the fantasy comedy movie Hercules in New York wasn’t a ...

Comedy may be the genre most associated with director Edgar Wright, but he's also proven time and again that he's got a great sense for kinetic action. His Cornetto Trilogy — "Shaun of the Dead," "Hot ...

Looking back at the original, Wright’s film often seems more like a restoration project than a remake, to the extent that the director has taken a bold step away from the quaint comedy that peppers ...

Edgar Wright’s newest film, “The Running Man,” is an enjoyable action flick with very little beneath the surface. Adapted from the Stephen King novel of the same name, the film stays true to King’s ...

Decades later, unsettling ideas presented by horror great Stephen King in “The Running Man” continue to resonate. Published in 1982 under the pen name Richard Bachman, “The Running Man” is set in a ...

The Running Man won’t work for everyone. The film zips along in such an unrelenting way it can feel like whole scenes are missing. It also blurs the line between absurdist comedy, intense action film, ...

Stephen King set his "The Running Man" novel and its dystopian future in 2025, so it’s fitting that a new film adaptation arrives today. Meanwhile, a trio of new art house films opens at Digital Gym ...

When you purchase through our links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The Running Man is a dystopian action thriller film directed by Edgar Wright, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Michael ...