Glen Powell, Colman Domingo, Jayme Lawson and Lee Pace are the stars of The Running Man, a new sci-fi/action/thriller directed by Edgar Wright (Baby Driver (2017).
Based on a novel by Stephen King, Powell plays a desperate man who joins a game show. One where contestants can go anywhere in the world, while pursued by people hired to kill them.
At first, I feared this might be too similar to previous movies like John Q (2002) and Jake Gyllenhaal’s Ambulance (2022). I’m pleased to see I was mostly wrong.
In fact, as someone who loves well-paced chase sequences, this looks quite promising. Perhaps I’ll finally have a favourite Glen Powell movie. Which one’s yours?
I’m now also wondering which will be better, this retelling or the original 1987 movie of the same name starring Arnold Schwarzenegger?
Josh Brolin, Michael Cera, William H. Macy, David Zayas, Emilia Jones, Karl Glusman, Sean Hayes, Katy O’Brian, Sophie Simnett, George Carroll, Joey Ansah and Daniel Ezra also star.
The Running Man Release Dates: November 7th, 2025 (US & UK)…
Happy Film loving,
G
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I’ll watch this, probably after e-watching the Arnie version.
That is my plan too. Great minds. 🤓🥂
Gia, I’m all in on this. I loved the original and watched it many times (had the VHS tape.) The original was sci fi, but this new version shows how it has come to pass. What a cast!
Now I’m excited to see the technical difference between the two films, once I’ve seen them both. Good to know that you enjoyed the original very much. 🤓🥂
Nothing can beat anything from Arnold Schwarzenegger, but this new Running Man movie looks promising. My favorite Glen Powell movie is Anyone but You.
Arnie is a beast, in the best way. I’ll have to watch his version before this one.
I haven’t seen Anyone but You yet. I’ll consider it more seriously since it’s your favourite.
I don’t recall many details from the original version which I saw a couple of times back in the day, but this one looks a lot different. I have to rewatch it.
I knew it was based on the book of master of the horror genre, but I never read it. Let’s see if this one will be closer to the book. 🙃
I haven’t watched a classic Arnie movie in a while, now looking forward to it.
I was totally clueless about the book even existing. 😁