1987 - THE RUNNING MAN, looks pretty good these days

When I first saw this film, it was amusing but looked pretty dumb and obvious with it's satire of TV game shows. 25 years later The Running Man holds up very well and actually plays better since most of the satire isn't really satire any more.

A lot has been written about Richard Dawson essentially playing himself, the host of a game show and he is funny.  Dawson the writer and director definitely have the worst elements of the reality show business down, the stupid audience members, the smary banter and even a home version of The Running Game for lucky studio guests. 

For all the flash and dash the director loads into the film, this is still another version of The Most Dangerous Game.  The film is loaded with ex rock stars, football players, wrestlers and Arnold's legendary one liners.

101 minutes, written by Steven E. de Souza.