The Running Man

A great movie, a great book. The ending is even better than in the book, a happy end. People gave it bad reviews because they don't like the revolutionary message. Viva revolution and Richards live!

I absolutely 100% wholeheartedly agree with the final message of this movie. That all media is pitting Americans against each other so CORPORATE America can rob us blind. But dang if the rest of the movie isn't a hot mess. Cocaine-paced with sloppy directing and some really terrible acting outside of the handful of the main cast. It was really hard to watch. Some of the extras and the lady that shows up in the last 3rd is some of the worst acting I've seen in a major motion picture. It all felt very rushed. Too bad cause the OG is one of my guilty pleasures Arnie flicks from the 80s.

Decent, but a bit disappointing. Glen Powell performance is convincing, but the storyline has only a few good ideas to offer and the plot no great surprises to deliver. At least, action and comedy brings some entertainment, but the movie fails to deliver in the end something great to remember.

Glen Powell has all the makings of a Hollywood movie star, a leading man, but there's just something missing. But for a generic remake (and I mean boy is this generic in comparison to the Schwarzenegger vehicle), he's well-cast. He just brings nothing but competency. I don't find him funny, even when his character is trying to be. He really does look like he was made in a studio/corporate lab as "leading man for action." The movie is hot garbage, though. It's such a pale imitation of the 80's version, it's hard to even compare them and I get it's unfair to do so, but one was fun, goofy action and the other was bland as paste. You'd think with the technology available to movie studios today (and for the price tag this was made for) there'd be better production values, but this looks like a cut-rate, geezer teaser. Again, I don't blame Powell, but he's no Arnold and any middling, buff actor could have replaced him - he brings nothing new to the table. In fact, he kinda brings the movie down through no fault of his own. For example, Total Recall. Sure, the remake couldn't hold a candle to the original with Arnie, but Collin Farrell is a much better update and the production values were pretty good. This looks like it was made on a cheap set. It's like one of those independent movies that gets released right before a much better, blockbuster to goes to streaming (I'm thinking the new Dune in comparison to the ****, not even related to Dune, Dune Worms or whatever it was called). Those movies that hope some people are too dumb to realize that this is not the movie they want, but a cheap knock-off made for pennies.

It was interesting until mid movie. The action scenes and storytelling then nose dive to unwatchable territory.