The Running Man

Schwazenegger is at his all time best/worst with the one-liners here in this "adaptation" of Stephen King's novel. It should hardly be called an adaptation as other than the main story concept it is a totally different animal. Directed by Paul Michael Glaser, better know to us as Starsky from STARSKY AND HUTCH, THE RUNNING MAN comes off as a rather high budget TV pilot and in this case works quite well as the movie is about a television show. Maria Conchita Alonso is kind of wasted here as is Yaphet Koto but Glaser sure made damn good use of Jesse "the body" Ventura. Speaking of good use, Richard Dawson does some brilliant work here as an evil "game show" host and his work alone makes this worth a look as does the scene with a game being played with explosive hockey pucks, something sure to appeal to any red blooded Canadian. Overall, good nonsensical fun....what else would you expect from Arnie. Look for cameos from Mick Fleetwood and Dweezil Zappa.