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-title = "Running Man (1987)"
-author = ["Michał Sapka"]
-date = 2024-06-24T23:45:00+02:00
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-abstract = "My review of the Schwarzenegger's classic"
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-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.
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-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.
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-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.
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-{{< image class="centered" 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/" alt="Face of a white, bearded man lighting a cigarette" file="running-man-1.webp" >}}
-Typical prison beard
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-The most offensive thing here are the costumes
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-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.
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-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.
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-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:1], it's not even boring.
-I _enjoyed_ it, but I will never watch it again.
-It's not one the great Schwarzenegger's movies.
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-[^fn:1]: 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.