
Right before being launched in the arena, Ben Richards says to Damon, "Hey, Damon.

So Richards agrees to play the game, only to find that Damon has put his friends-from-jail in the show anyway. But if he doesn't.he puts his friends on. Damon offers Ben a deal-if he goes on the show, he'll let his friends from jail go free. After Arnie escapes from jail, Damon Killian wants his hands on him for the show-so they hunt him down and bring him in. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays Ben Richards, also known as The Butcher of Bakersfield, for firing upon a crowd of humans in a food strike. All there is is "The Running Man"-hosted by Damon Killian (Richard Dawson, host of "Family Fortune" in real life)-a show that features convicts, or "runners" being chased by madmen, or "stalkers." It's a bit like a futuristic gladiator sport. In the future, there isn't much selection on television. It takes place in the near future, where everything is run by the media and the government. "The Running Man" is based on a story by Richard Bachman, a.k.a. Reviewed by MovieAddict2016 7 / 10 He Said He'd Be Back."The Running Man" is Fun No Matter How You Slice and Dice it. In the meantime, the contestants must search through the ruins for the resistance in the hopes of finally broadcasting the truth about the government. With their help, he fights his way through a cadre of sadistic gladiators hunting them down through the ruins of a Los Angeles earthquake, but promising Killian that he'll return to settle the score when the show's host double-crosses him. Following a daring jail break months later, Richards is captured once again and forced to appear on "The Running Man" with three other convicts. Subdued by the other officers, the attack is carried out, and Richards is framed for the murder of almost a hundred unarmed civilians. When a peaceful protest of starving citizens gathers in Bakersfield, California, a police officer named Ben Richards is ordered to fire on the crowd, which he refuses to do. The most popular and sadistic of these programs is "The Running Man," hosted by Damon Killian.
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With full control over the media, the government attempts to quell the nation's yearning for freedom by broadcasting a number of game shows on which convicted criminals fight for their lives.

Even so, a small resistance force led by two revolutionaries manages to fight the oppression. The great freedoms of the United States are no longer, as the once great nation has sealed off its borders and become a militarized police state, censoring all film, art, literature, and communications. In the year 2019, the world economy has collapsed.
