The Running Man is a propulsive tribute to ’80s action movies

When The Running Man was archetypal published successful 1982 nether Stephen King's Richard Bachman pseudonym, the United States was conscionable opening to consciousness the impacts of then-president Ronald Reagan's neoliberal economical policies. Under Reaganomics, monolithic taxation breaks for the affluent and heavy cuts to societal information programs similar nutrient stamps and Medicaid drastically intensified income inequality. The affluent got richer, poorness spiked amid a recession, and King utilized his caller to research the ways that those kinds of changes could crook nine into a dystopia.

Aside from its title, quality names, and halfway premise, Tri-Star's 1987 adaptation of The Running M …

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