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The Running Man is a Canadian television film, directed by Donald Brittain and broadcast in 1981 as an episode of the CBC Television drama anthology For the Record. It was Brittain's first narrative fiction film in a career making documentary films, and the first Canadian television film ever to explicitly address the subject of homosexuality.
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The Running Man is one of those movies that looks like pure action on the surface, but once you fully settle into it, you then realize it is saying a lot more than explosions and chase scenes, It is set in a dystopian future where society is controlled through television, entertainment, and fear and honestly, that idea alone already feels a little too close to home. The story follows Ben Richards, a former police of…More
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Source We are about to end the year, and that is why major releases are still coming out on different platforms. Although it has been a year in which many films repeat the same structure, without taking risks to create something new, The Running Man has arrived with something totally new, reminding us that some stories are still necessary to keep all viewers engaged. This is a film that has given us a lot to talk ab…More
It's time to staaaaart RUNNING! Ah. If you can't tell writing on here has been a serious blast from the past. I mean wow, I had forgotten that Running Man even existed, but funnily enough it was one of my favourite movies of all time back in the 80's. I was only 7 years old when this was released and I can remember watching it. An 18 rated film. Parents just didn't care as much as they do now. And I was no isolated…More
One of the saddest recurring jokes on today’s social media is the claim that Orwell’s *1984* was misinterpreted as instruction manual for our world rather than warning about dystopian future. While many tend to find similarities between today’s reality and Orwell’s dystopian vision, there are other works of dystopian fiction that turned out to be more prophetic. One of those is *The Running Man*, 1987 science fictio…More