![]() ![]() Richards is launched into the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Los Angeles why is LA always destroyed in these dystopian worlds? and forced to run from the 'stalkers', along with two other prisoners who escaped from the labour camp with him. He is sentenced to a slave labour camp, but escapes with the aid of a resistance leader Yaphet Kotto and goes on the run.However, his freedom does not last long, and after he kidnaps network employee Amber Mendez Marita Conchita Alonso in an attempt to escape those pursuing him, he finds himself taken prisoner again, but this time he is forced to appear on The Running Man.And there, of course, the entire film kicks into standard Arnie mode. When Richards refuses to fire on innocent people, he is arrested and framed for the murder of the people in the crowd. When a group of hungry people hold a protest in the town of Bakersfield, California, a helicopter piloted by Richards is sent to 'calm' i.e. ![]() The economy is in tatters, food is scarce and the state keeps people distracted by producing sadistic gameshows for them to watch, like Jumping for Dollars, where people jump for money over a pit of rabid dogs, and the most popular one is The Running Man, a gameshow hosted by the slimy Damian Killian played by the entertaining Richard Dawson where supposed 'criminals' are hunted down by theatrical, pro-wresting-esquire 'stalkers'.Some, however, try and speak up against the government. And so-called 'ordinary guys' who turned out to have the skills of a trained commando, would have accepted it in its current form.But, on with the review.Ben Richards Arnold Schwarzenegger is a cop working in a dystopian United States where democracy is a thing of the past, and the entire country is ruled by a government/media conglomerate amalgamation. ![]()
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