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@@ -1963,6 +1963,76 @@ If /Heaven Makers/ finds a way in your hands, sure - it's a nice read.
 But I would not propose people actively search for it.
 
 [fn:slow] I am a slow reader
+*** DONE Running Man (1987)
+CLOSED: [2024-06-24 Mon 23:45]
+:PROPERTIES:
+:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: running-man-1987
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract My review of the Schwarzenegger's classic
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :image brain-rot/covers/running-man.jpg
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :rating 3.0
+:END:
+
+I never got into 80s action packed ultra-manly movies.
+I was never fan of them, as action scenes bore me.
+There was, however, quite a few of them in SciFi setting so this site will force me to finally get to know them.
+
+So, /Running Man/ is a 1987 SciFi movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger based on Stephen King's story.
+In the not-so-distant future of 2017 the world faced an economic cryis and America became a totalitarian state.
+Captain Ben Richards (played by Arnold) is a police officer who refuses to massacre unarmed civilians.
+He finds himself to be government's scapegoat and, as a result, is jailed.
+After a prison break, he is once again captured - but this time he is given a chance.
+If he participates in /Running Man/, an ultra-violent TV show, he may regain freedom.
+
+There is a /bit/ more to the story, but not much.
+What is there, however, was a surprise!
+There is a plot and there is commentary about risk of fascist state, of controlling crowds through entertainment, and about controlling the narrative by those in power.
+/Running Man/ is /1984/ if Orwell wasn't so talented.
+
+#+attr_shortcode: :file running-man-1.webp
+#+attr_shortcode: :alt Face of a white, bearded man lighting a cigarette
+#+attr_shortcode: :source https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/this-one-would-be-a-big-dream-the-remake-of-the-only-stephen-king-and-arnold-schwarzenegger-team-up-edges-closer-to-reality/
+#+attr_shortcode: :class centered
+#+begin_image
+Typical prison beard
+#+end_image
+
+#+attr_shortcode: :file running-man-2.webp
+#+attr_shortcode: :alt White man wearing a bright yellow, shining, one-piece suit
+#+attr_shortcode: :source https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/this-one-would-be-a-big-dream-the-remake-of-the-only-stephen-king-and-arnold-schwarzenegger-team-up-edges-closer-to-reality/
+#+attr_shortcode: :class centered
+#+begin_image
+The most offensive thing here are the costumes
+#+end_image
+
+The entire world building happens in the first half an hour of the movie.
+The rest is an hour-long series of Richard's fights against /stalkers/, professional killers who star in the show.
+And I *have* to be sincere here: I hated the second part much less than I anticipated.
+Yes, it's over-the top and mindless, but it has nice gore.
+#+attr_shortcode: 3.0 "running-man.jpg" 
+#+begin_rating
+Cover
+#+end_rating
+But mostly because of the montage.
+I remember watching the second /Avengers/ and absolutely hating it.
+Most of the movie was random characters fighting without any order.
+One /cool/ scene after another.
+In /Running Man/, on the other hand, I was able to follow the plot of the fight.
+I knew not only what was going on, but I also had a vague understanding of where the fights were and where characters were in relations to another.
+
+So, this movie is not a completely mindless fight scene.
+I should have hated it (like the aforementioned /Avengers/), but I did not.
+I haven't /loved/ it, or even truly /liked it/.
+Furthermore, I don't feel like I lost anything by not watching it when it was played on repeat on TV.
+But it's not offensive[fn:off], it's not even boring.
+I /enjoyed/ it, but I will never watch it again.
+It's not one the great Schwarzenegger's movies.
+
+
+
+[fn:off] Enjoyment-wise.
+The movie is very offensive with its sexualization of women.
+But this very nicely matches the metaphor in the story.
+This, however, would not be made with modern sensitivity.
 
 ** Severance 
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