The Running Man (1987)

About this episode

The episode discusses the 1987 film 'The Running Man', its adaptation from a Steven King novel, and features commentary on Arnold Schwarzenegger's performance and the film's one-liners.

An adaptation of a Steven King Novel. We've done plenty of these before! This week it's The Running Man with Arnold Schwarzenegger at the helm. Releasing this now feel quite well timed with the recent release of Edgar Wright's 'The Running Man' and we definitely have a preference. So follow us down into this dystopian game show where we discuss the many many many one liners, Arnolds interesting acting and our very limited WWE knowledge...

People in this episode

Hosts: Harry Peaden, Alfie Mearman

Topics covered

• dystopian future
• game show
• film adaptation
• one-liners
• acting analysis

Keywords

• The Running Man
• Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Steven King
• dystopian
• game show
• film review
• 1987 film

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Running Man, Steven King Novel

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