Movie Review: The Running Man

Movie Review: The Running Man

EW YORK (OSV News) – Rage is the predominant emotion in “The Running Man” (Paramount), the second screen version of Stephen King’s eponymous 1982 novel. As directed and co-written by Edgar Wright, it’s an anger-fuelled action film that’s bitter in mood as well as morally ambivalent. The irascible tone of the movie is set by its main character, impoverished factory hand Ben Richards (Glen Powell). Stuck in the lowest stratum of his dystopian soci…

“The Running Man” Movie Goes Nowhere Fast - Hudson Valley Press

By Dwight Brown NNPA News Wire (**) He’s running as fast as he can—in a film that’s going nowhere. There isn’t one “wow” moment in this entire remake of the tepid 1987 movie of the same name, which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger. Blame the writing, direction and production elements for the inability to make any of this footage truly exciting or visually stunning. But don’t fault the cast, especially Glen Powell. He’s doing the best he can with wh…