US Edition'The Running Man' Review: Fun, Fueled by Rage and Ultimately Forgettable
Directed by Edgar Wright, the film updates Stephen King’s 1982 novel with a dystopian televised hunt where contestants can win $1 billion if they survive 30 days, critics say.
- On November 14, The Running Man opened in cinemas as an Edgar Wright-directed dystopian action thriller starring Glen Powell as Ben Richards, a father entering a televised hunt to save his child.
- Edgar Wright adapted the material from Stephen King's 1982 novel, and the 2025 adaptation follows King's story more closely than the 1987 film but changes the ending.
- Contest rules spell out that contestants can win $1 billion by surviving 30 days and must send in a tape daily; they receive $1,000 and a 12-hour head start while Hunters and civilians pursue them.
- The reviewer left the theater after two hours and 13 minutes and called the film fun with enjoyable performances but ultimately forgettable; The Running Man will later reach streaming via Paramount Plus.
- Placed against the 1987 film, Wright said `Stephen King read the screenplay before we started filming, and so I was kind of most nervous about what he would think, but he loved it.
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Stephen King reveals his thoughts on the big ending change in 'The Running Man'
The dystopian thriller, which is based on King's 1982 novel of the same name, is now playing in theaters.Ross Ferguson/Paramount Pictures Glen Powell stars in Paramount Pictures' The Running Man'This article contains spoilers for The Running Man.The Running Man film is an incredibly faithful adaptation of Stephen King's 1982 novel of the same name — until it isn't.Both book and film are high-octane dystopian thrillers set in a future, alternate …
The Man on the Run is about nothing in 2025 but a neurotic Glen Powell who would do anything for his little girl. The 2025 version of Stephen King's novel is so confusing that even the spectacular action scenes don't save it.
Is 2025 'The Running Man' a remake or new adaptation? Everything we know
Glen Powell's new dystopian action thriller, The Running Man, has been released in cinemas today, November 14. Directed by Edgar Wright, the film is based on the story of a father who enters a televised hunt to find life-saving care for...
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