Around the World in 80s Movies
TV & Film:Film History
Set in the post-world financial demise of the year 2019, The Running Man stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as law enforcement officer and helicopter pilot Ben Richards, who ends up getting framed for instigating the murder of a crowd of innocent civilians engaging in a protest for food in Bakersfield. Richards and a couple of benevolent jail mates spring out of prison and go on the run, only to be captured later and used as scapegoats for the massacre by becoming involuntary contestants on the most popular television show in history, the government-supported ‘The Running Man’, whereby convicted murders are put into a glitzy game show where they must battle for their lives and the hope of a pardon while being hunted by a rogues gallery of skilled costumed assassins, all for the entertainment of a rabid public fan base. Richard Dawson has a major supporting role as the show’s charismatic host, Damon Killian, who is as pleasant as can be when the camera is on, but is an unscrupulous, cutthroat businessman behind the scenes. Killian gets ever more averse to the depiction of the truth as Richards not only manages to stay alive far longer than any previous contestant, he is also in danger of becoming a national hero.
The Hidden (1987) | Jack Sholder
Night of the Creeps (1986) | Fred Dekker
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987)
Revenge of the Nerds (1984) | Jeff Kanew
Real Genius (1985) | Martha Coolidge
Weird Science (1985) | John Hughes
Electric Dreams (1984) | Steve Barron
Demon Seed (1977) | Donald Cammell
Saturn 3 (1980) | Stanley Donen
Outland (1981) | Peter Hyams
Total Recall (1990) | Paul Verhoeven
They Live (1988) | John Carpenter
V: The Final Battle (1984) | Richard T. Heffron
V – The Original Miniseries (1983) | Kenneth Johnson
Alien Nation (1988) | Graham Baker
Stranded (1987) | Tex Fuller
The Brother from Another Planet (1984) | John Sayles
Starman (1984) | John Carpenter
E.T. the Extraterrestrial (1982) | Steven Spielberg
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) | Steven Spielberg
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Best Song Podcast
Every Single Sci-Fi Film Ever*
The Secret History Of Hollywood
Talking Simpsons
From Beneath the Hollywood Sign