One-dimensional action film

gcd70

Paul Michael Glaser turned this futuristic thriller from the pen of Richard Bachman (alias Stephen King) into a silly, imminently forgettable action film. Steven E. De Souza's screenplay has but one purpose, and that is to cash in on muscle bound Schwarzenegger's rising star.

Arnie plays framed ex-cop Ben Richards, who is forced to participate in the 21st century's most popular game show, a sadistic man hunt which sees its "runner", or victim, forced to flee for his of her life from a group of very nasty "stalkers".

Arnie's body passes the test of course, but the rest of this movie (which had a promising premise) is destroyed by some ordinary action sequences and an awful sense of humour. Schwarzenegger's one-liners are dreadfully painful.

A real run of the mill, one-dimensional action film which delivers very little entertainment.

Monday, January 31, 1994 - T.V.

score 4/10

gcd70 21 December 2007

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw1784150/