'The Running Man' Review: Glen Powell's Action Thriller Runs Off the Rails

Stephen King’s 1982 novel gets a more faithful second cinematic adaptation with Edgar Wright’s The Running Man. Fans of the cult-classic 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger film will be left scratching their heads as Wright nails the book’s economic and authoritarian themes, but stumbles in stale action sequences that lose intensity in a long and bewildering third act. What begins as a thoughtful, riveting and darkly comic action thriller limps to a drawn-out climax as the film’s excessive length becomes problematic.

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