Much like the recent spate of YA novels-turned-films, ‘The Running Man’, Edgar Wright’s remake of the 1987 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, is about a game show where contestants are hunted by assassins on Live TV. This adaptation of a Stephen King novel is much more unpleasant than the earlier film, making nihilism and cruelty the calling card for gaining eyeballs.

Frequently unemployed Ben Richards (Glen Powell) lives in a matchbox apartment with his wife Sheila (Jayme Lawson) and their chronically ill baby. Sheila works long hours at a shady joint but her earnings alone are not enough to pay for their daughter’s medical care. Uptight, frustrated and angry at his own failures, Ben decides to join a popular game show that asks contestants to risk humiliation and injury for cash prize

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