The Running Man. Framed for a massacre he actually refused to participate in, Ben Richards (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is forced to participate in the 21st century's most popular TV show, The Running Man, where convicted criminals must run for their lives while being hunted to the death by professional killers who are national celebrities. Needless to say however, this time they've picked the wrong man... I cackled at the realisation that this late 80s sci-fi satire and action flick is set in 2017, and it must be said, they didn't get too much wrong (there's internet shopping, disgraceful 'reality' TV shows (okay, so we don't have The Running Man but we've still got morally reprehensible %@%$ like The Seven Year Itch) and Arnie cynically noting that "The truth doesn't seem terribly popular these days". Yup, sounds about right to me.) This is still a great fun flick with real life game show host Richard Dawson all but stealing the film as Damon Killian, The Running Man's uber-slick and utterly callous host, who gets almost all the best lines. "I'll be back", Arnie warns him as he's sent off into the game. "Only in a re-run" he ripostes. Still great fun.
