Good Lord, what an awful film!
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mstrege — 11 years ago(May 11, 2014 04:49 PM)
I enjoy this movie for what it is. They changed so much that it really should have been re-named to something else.
I would be first in line for an accurate adaptation of the original Bachman Book, including the non-Hollywood ending. Better yet, let HBO make a mini-series out of it.
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vavamatazz — 13 years ago(July 14, 2012 08:51 AM)
This movie was great during the time it came out. I haven't read the original Running Man story but it sounds like a similar case to the Lawnmower Man. Nothing like the original story at all. But the concept of this movie seems a lot better than most of the sci-fi movies that Hollywood has dished out in recent times.
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schwapj — 12 years ago(July 01, 2013 10:28 PM)
You forgot to mention that the guards all had gas masks that didn't seem to protect them from anything, since the prisoners didn't have them and were able to to speak/work/run/fight/steal guns/operate computers/survive.
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DeRo64 — 12 years ago(October 27, 2013 08:52 PM)
I respectfully disagree. I like the lack of realism and the cheesy 80's take on the future. It would be nice if they ever decide to make a film that is more like the book though.
It's been over a decade since 9/11 so I think America should be able to handle seeing an airplane fly into a building in a movie.
Whether or not to have the protagonist call Killian the N-word in the movie is not a decision to be taken lightly though.
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Mandingo609 — 12 years ago(January 31, 2014 07:12 AM)
I believe the purpose of this critique stems from some sort of inferiority complex. The O.P. Isn't strong in the intellect department, so he picks out little things from a film made in the 80's to prove to himself and others that he's not a candidate for Darwinism. I meanwhy attack a film from a few decades ago, knowing that these films are no more than junk food for the Mind. Unless the O.P. Actually took this film that seriously.
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Kruleworld — 11 years ago(May 26, 2014 06:49 PM)
by Flightsuit
Never mind the fact that they changed so many details that it's not even the same story, not by a long shot.
They changed it just enough so they wouldn't have to pay any Royalties!
Gimli: You'll find more cheer in a graveyard.