The Running Man 4K UHD [Blu-ray] [Region A & B & C]

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Based on the story by Stephen King (written under his pseudonym Richard Bachman), THE RUNNING MAN features an unforgettably motley supporting cast, including Yaphet Kotto, Maria Conchita Alonso, Jim Brown, Jesse Ventura, Toru Tanaka, Mick Fleetwood, Dweezil Zappa and Richard Dawson. It’s a game between life and death but tonight the game is going to be different – Arnold Schwarzenegger is The Running Man. Paramount Home Media Distribution will release a standard Blu-ray release of the recent 4K restoration of Paul Michael Glaser's The Running Man (1987), starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto, Jim Brown, and Jesse Ventura. If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page.

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as a teenager, but not 18, when this came out I tried everything to see it and I remember when a mate at school got it on pirate video, the excitement was just off the scale. This narrative builds on some fertile thematic ground which allows it to both entertain as an action film and deliver some cutting social commentary. Its satirical elements (once arrested, Ben is assigned a court-appointed theatrical agent) are very broad and over-the-top.Having been made a scapegoat by the government, an imprisoned Ben Richards (Arnold Schwarzenegger) has the opportunity to make it back to the outside again by being a contestant on the deadly show, although the twisted host, Damon Killian (Richard Dawson), has no intention of letting him escape.

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The artwork is incredible and I managed to find the artist on Instagram and have a chat with him about it.We’ll have more reviews over the next few days, including more of the Halloween sequels in 4K, Scream in 4K, Old, the Universal Classic Monsters: Icons of Horror Collection and more, so be sure to stay tuned for them.

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The image is naturally grainy, with a tighter, more organic grain structure compared to the 2010 Lionsgate release. panel features a yellow- and gray-shaded Richards (his costume from the film) running from the various stalkers, who are shaded black. Picture quality is superb with rich deep colours and crystal clear visuals and brightness where it should be in the right scenes.

Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. both standing well above the Blu-ray, which cannot approach the level of pop and color assault on display here (the text is also sharper). First up, Tim has turned in reviews of Stephen King’s Children of the Corn (1984), directed by Fritz Kiersch and newly released on 4K Ultra HD by Arrow Video, as well as Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds which is new on 4K Ultra HD from Universal. The sumptuous natural film grain remains intact as it gives a lot of nuanced texture and detail to the transfer.

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Fortunately, Ben is played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, so you can probably already see where this is going. Still, there's no denying those 10 golden years yielded his best work, with 1987 yielding a very loose adaptation of Stephen King's The Running Man. Set in a dystopic 2019 Los Angeles-now a police state in the wake of the global economy's total collapse - "The Running Man" is the hottest-rated reality competition series, where condemned criminals are given a chance for freedom by running through a gauntlet of heavily armed killers known as "Stalkers. The cheesier and more ridiculous the movie's speculative vision of the future may be, the more entertaining I find it.The Running Man comes to 4K UHD Blu-Ray with a terrific 2160p/Dolby Vision transfer courtesy of Paramount that honors the original source while bringing it a fresh new life.