The Running Man (2025)

The 2025 movie was directed by Edgar Wright. Based on the novel published in 1982, written by Stephen King and being a remake of the 1987 The Running Man directed by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Starring Glen Powell, Josh Brolin, and Emilia Jones.

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Brief Summary

The movie, The Running Man, is from the perspective of Ben Richards, played by Glen Powell, who sings up for a show, The Running Man, to save his family. This captivating movie shows how Ben struggles with his anger issues, making the right decisions, and staying alive as long as he can. This film focuses mainly on Ben's perspective of right and wrong and his struggle against The Network to stay alive, tell the truth, and save his family.

This feature seamlessly combines Action, Science Fiction, and Adventure through the complex themes of family, love, restraint, the truth, lies, power, time, corruption, free will, fate, and grief. The Running Man is a powerful movie that allows viewers to connect with characters who have to deal with heavy concepts and making quick decisions during horrific situations.

Edgar Wright. The Running Man. IMDb. (October 13, 2025). Dir. Edgar Wright. Paramount Pictures. (November 14, 2025). Accessed November 18, 2025.

Age Range

The Running Man is a movie that has some mature content. This film contains some violence, gore, adult language, substance use, and sexual content. Although, there are a few mature situations and violent depictions, in general this movie is moderate. This movie is good for some ages: I would recommend 16 and up.

SA! There are multiple persons dying in horrific ways, multiple persons bleeding to death from gunshot wounds, various destructive explosions, car collisions, various moderate and severe curse words, depictions of drinking, depictions of smoking, kissing, and caressing with partial nudity.

Final Impression

The Running Man is a great movie that clearly shows Action, Science Fiction, and Adventure concepts. The plot of the film combines the interesting scientific idea of a dystopian world run by The Network with the horrific idea of the show, The Running Man. The movie was intriguing and the camera shots and angles only made it more interesting. The actors nailed their roles by giving enchanting on screen performances. The Running Man is a captivating movie that shows the hardships of life in this world and the trials that Ben puts himself through to save his family and ultimately make the world a better place.

3½ Stars