The Running Man

The Running Man (1987) is an action sci-fi thriller you can watch online on iFILM, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and directed by Paul Michael Glaser. The film adapts the Stephen King novel published under the pen name Richard Bachman, set in a near-future America where a televised death sport pacifies the population better than any political speech.

Former cop Ben Richards refused a direct order to gun down unarmed civilians — so the state made him a criminal and threw him to the wolves. The wolves, in this case, are heavily armed arena fighters with names like Buzzsaw, Dynamo, and Fireball, while slick host Damon Killian (Richard Dawson) narrates the carnage live for an audience of millions. Richards gets company on the arena floor — Amber Mendez (María Conchita Alonso) and a few resistance fighters who know more about the game than they let on. Jesse Ventura and Jim Brown round out the cast of hunters with enough muscle to make each encounter count.

Stream The Running Man (1987) online on iFILM — Schwarzenegger at his most bluntly entertaining, wrapped in a satire about TV, power and spectacle that only got sharper with time.