The Running Man - DVD

The Running Man is the top-rated TV show in the future, where condemned criminals fight for survival. Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as a police pilot, wrongly accused of the massacre of innocent civilians, who finds himself it's latest contestant. Can he defeat a series of bizarre adversaries, clear his name, and take down the show's smarmy emcee (Richard Dawson)? With Maria Conchita Alonso, Jesse Ventura, and Yaphet Kotto; based on a story by Stephen King. 101 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks English DTS HD 5.1 Master Audio, Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital stereo, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles English, French, Spanish.

In a not-too-distant future, Ben Richards (Glen Powell) was desperate to help his gravely ill infant daughter, and signed on for the hot media phenomenon of the moment A billion-dollar cash prize game show that required him to spend 30 days successfully dodging highly trained assassins (and anyone else of a mind to) trying to kill him. Edgar Wright's expectedly frenetic and kinetic redo of the Stephen King tale co-stars Josh Brolin, Colman Domingo, Michael Cera, William H. Macy, Lee Pace. 133 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English.

Sci-fi thriller based on an early story by Stephen King (under pseudonym, Richard Bachman) - Los Angeles in the year 2017 has become a police state in the wake of the global economy's total collapse. THE RUNNING MAN is the top-rated TV show, where condemned criminals are given a chance for freedom by running through a gauntlet of heavily armed killers known as Stalkers, the shows stars. Arnold Schwarzenegger stars Ben Richards, an ex-cop wrongly convicted of the massacre of unarmed civilians. He's joined by fellow prisoners Yaphet Kotto and Maria Conchita Alonso as they try to survive Stalkers, Fireball (Jim Brown), Captain Freedom (Jesse Ventura), Subzero (Toru Tanaka), Buzzsaw (Gus Rethwisch) and Dynamo (Erkabd Van Lidth). The all-star cast includes rockers Mick Fleetwood and Dweezil Zappa as revolutionaries and Richard Dawson (The Family Feud) as the show's smarmy host.