The film is an adaptation of a Stephen King novel. Ben Richards, the protagonist, is a down-on-his-luck everyman who enters the Running Man competition to support his wife and sick daughter. Also ...

In an alternate future, The Running Man follows Ben Richards (Glen Powell), a desperate man who just wants to provide for his family. After being blacklisted by vengeful bosses and unable to recoup ...

Edgar Wright’s newest film, “The Running Man,” is an enjoyable action flick with very little beneath the surface. Adapted from the Stephen King novel of the same name, the film stays true to King’s ...

In Edgar Wright's new take on The Running Man, violence and entertainment are inextricable. When out-of-work father Ben Richards runs out of options to secure a paycheck to buy vital medicine for his ...

First published in 1982 but set in the year 2025 (ever heard of it?), Stephen King’s “The Running Man” takes place in a then-future where the world’s economy has collapsed, America has turned into a ...

The actor stars as an Everyman battling it out in a near-future but familiarly dystopian America in the director Edgar Wright’s new version of the Stephen King novel. By Manohla Dargis When you ...

Decades later, unsettling ideas presented by horror great Stephen King in “The Running Man” continue to resonate. Published in 1982 under the pen name Richard Bachman, “The Running Man” is set in a ...

When you purchase through our links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The Running Man is a dystopian action thriller film directed by Edgar Wright, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Michael ...

This article contains spoilers for "The Running Man." When your story takes place in a dystopian cyberpunk America, the politics are intrinsic. Edgar Wright's "The Running Man," like the Stephen King ...

Glen Powell leads the cast of The Running Man, directed by Edgar Wright. The Running Man is about a game show with life or death stakes in a(n obviously) dystopian world. The film is an adaptation of ...