The Running Man
2025 · Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller

The Running Man

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Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.

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An absolute cinematic disaster.

No synopsis available. Probably for the best.

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RELEASE DATE
2025
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Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
PLOT SUMMARY

Synopsis withheld out of mercy.

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@TRAILER_TROLL2025-12-10 10:00 UTC

The Running Man: where physics filed for emotional distress and lost.

@AISLE_GHOUL2025-12-05 18:00 UTC

The Running Man should come with a complimentary pillow for when the third-act CGI soup inevitably kicks in.

@POPCORN_CRITIC2025-12-18 05:00 UTC

The script for The Running Man feels like it was entirely written by an algorithm fed nothing but energy-drink commercials.

@CREDITS_FLEE2025-12-09 05:00 UTC

I've seen screen savers with more depth and fewer unnecessary lens flares than The Running Man.

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r/boxoffice · u/PracticalFX_Stan🔥 1.6k points

Hot Take: The Running Man's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece

Just got out of The Running Man and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.

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r/movies · u/FrameByFrameFred🔥 0.5k points

Unpopular opinion: The Running Man is the most overrated film of the decade

Look, I wanted to love The Running Man. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.

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r/boxoffice · u/PopcornPhilosopher🔥 2.1k points

Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in The Running Man actually is?

Rewatched The Running Man last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.

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r/TrueFilm · u/PopcornPhilosopher🔥 2.2k points

[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in The Running Man?

Honestly, The Running Man would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.

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