Review · Chad Heritage · Nov 15, 2025
THE RUNNING MAN2025
The film
A man joins a game show in which contestants, allowed to go anywhere in the world, are pursued by “hunters” hired to kill them.
Mixed feelings about this one. This is much more faithful adaptation than the Schwarzenegger version, and I think Glenn Powell does a solid job. I like the first 2 acts quite a bit, but the 3rd basically torpedoes the movie and is such a cop out. It also doesn’t really feel as gritty as it should, or show Edgar Wright’s skill set fully. Didn’t hate this by any means, but it should have been better.
