The Running Man

Released: 1987
Sci-fi, Action
Director: Michael Paul Glaser
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Yahpet Kotto
Running Time: 101 minutes
Rated: R

The breakdown: In the future of America, convicts compete for freedom on a brutal televised game show called The Running Man.

A former cop is falsely blamed for a massacre that didn't happen.  After his incarceration, a game show host wants him to be on his show.  Forced into being a contestant to try and save his friends, Arnold must compete if he wants to survive at all and give his friends a fighting chance after they are forced into the game as well.

This movie is pretty goofy and very VERY dated.  I liked the story, but this movie is so dated that watching it for the first time last night made me laugh out loud a LOT.

2 out of 5 for just plain goofiness.