Stumbling from the start and never finding its footing, "The Running Man" is an incoherent dystopian sci-fi action blunder that fumbles what was fun about 1987's original and has nothing fresh to say about our current moment.

Director Edgar Wright, who has struggled in recent years to recapture the magic of his early career highs (including the action spoof "Hot Fuzz" and the visionary graphic novel riff "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World"), never locates a consistent tone or renders a world that feels real or relatable. This is a clumsy remake that falls flat on its face.

In a washed out retro future wasteland where totalitarianism rules and television has been reduced to one government-controlled network, Glen Powell plays Ben Richards, a blue collar worker fired from his job for insubordina

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