Review – The Running Man

I originally saw this one in a movie theater, but in retrospect I wish I’d waited until it came out on video; it’s much easier to savor the criticism of televised violence when it’s actually on TV. Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in this loose adaptation of one of Stephen King’s Bachman books, a grim tale of a dystopian police state propped up by public obsession with a win-or-die game show called “The Running Man.” For the most part this is yet another Arnold vehicle, featuring a seemingly endless parade of dramatic deaths followed by  “clever” quips. Mildly amusing