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Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'The Running Man' - A Stephen King adaptation running on empty  Edgar Wright's take on Stephen King's 'The Running Man' is frenetic, fun action that lovingly nods to genre tropes - but exhausts itself with muddled tone.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/11/14/euronews-cultures-film-of-the-week-the-running-man-a-stephen-king-adaptation-running-on-em  Spark your senses, wake your wonder. Euronews Culture seeks to show creativity in action and inspire our audience to explore the world through the five senses. Start your journey through the best of Europe's arts, gastronomy, traditions and high-end craftsmanship.

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00:01Ben Richards, 35.

00:04Married one child in medical crisis.

00:07We need money for a doctor now.

00:09Ben, watch yourself.

00:12Employment status, blacklisted.

00:15But there's still a way out for you.

00:19It's the biggest show in the country.

00:23Bloodlust is our birthright!

00:28Set it free!

00:30Welcome to The Running Man!

00:32The reality is that we're really basing this on the Stephen King book.

00:37It's like one of the things that even Arnold talks about,

00:40which is when he made his movie in 87,

00:45practically, it's really tough.

00:48This movie takes place out in the real world.

00:50Our game is where the entire world is hunting one man.

00:55And they sort of had to isolate it to a television studio,

00:58almost like American Gladiators.

01:00I guess you guys had like British Gladiators, right?

01:02Yeah, something like that.

01:03Something like that.

01:04So they had to sort of isolate it in a different way

01:06to just make it more practical to shoot.

01:08Ours kind of takes it out, which is, it's a lot more...

01:11we saw for logistical reasons.

01:13It's very tough.

01:14It's a tough movie to shoot.

01:16This is why you can win this game.

01:18The rules are simple.

01:19Survive 30 days.

01:21The entire nation hunting you down.

01:25And get your family out of slum side for good.

01:27Two stages to that is he loved the screenplay,

01:31which was really important to us

01:33because we had done an adaptation of the book

01:35and, you know, even though it's more faithful,

01:37we had made some changes as well.

01:39And so Stephen, you know, like,

01:42had to sign off on the screenplay and really loved it

01:45and loved what we kept and loved what we changed

01:47and, you know, but that's fantastic for me

01:49because I'm such a fan of his.

01:51But then also it creates a new pressure

01:53because now I have to live up to that.

01:58Hey, buddy.

01:59You're on Free-V.

02:02Yeah, yeah!

02:06You better run!

02:11I've got a grenade!

02:14Back at you.

02:15Back at you.

02:25I'm still here, you shit-eaters.

Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'The Running Man' - A Stephen King adaptation running on empty

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