 I kinda used to think that I had seen all of the classic Arnold movies. Then this one came up at a recent local Film Festival, recently, so I decided to check it out. Main reasons being that what I knew about it (once I remembered it existed) was that it was a 1980's sci-fi, action movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, and that it was apparently one of his most abundant one-liner films.
Basically, a guy named Ben Richards (Arnie) is framed for a crime he didn't commit, and is thrown into a futuristic reality game show called 'The Running Man'. Here, he has to run a gauntlet of sorts while the audience gets to choose who gets to chase him and eventually kill him. Let me tell you, it was mostly everything I had hoped for. A movie like this is one you can look back on and be entertained solely based on the corniness of it all. Does that make it a "so bad its good" movie? I wouldn't say so. The whole idea is pretty awesome for the time, and I daresay this is one of those ideas that has potential to be remade well today... not that is SHOULD, but they could probably get away with it if they tried hard enough. By far, the most entertaining thing about this movie was, indeed, Arnold's one-liners. I mean, they are everywhere! "I'll be back" is included (as I think the 2nd movie out of 5 he ever said it) along with such famous diddys as "Here's your Subzero, now plain zero.", the ever-famous "I live to see you eat that contract, but I hope you leave enough room for my fist because I'm going to ram it into your stomach and break your god-damn spine!" and my personal favorite one that got a big genuine laugh "Hey light head! He Christmas tree!" Seriously, just watch this and try not to at least crack a smile at how goofy it is. I have to say, I also enjoyed the whole concept of the "stalkers" (being the guys who are trying to kill Richards in the gauntlet. They all have their own special abilities and entrances, much like a WWE wrestler. They all end up being pretty goofy, but it really does add to the fun factor of something like this. Not sure, really, what else to say about it. But if you ever have the need to watch something old, goofy, and not to be taken too seriously, this is definitely a good title to do that with. I had so much fun with it! It's the kind of movie you wanna invite all your friends over to watch and just have fun with, despite how off the wall ridiculous it may seem. 4/5
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