The Running Man 2025

[iww4@lemmy.zip]

So I wasn’t expecting much, when I started watching this last night. OMFG was I completely wrong.

This movie is so bad it is almost an achievement. I made it 60 minutes into the movie before I quit. I don’t get Glenn Powell. He is pretty but he has zero screen presence.

Just skip this crap.

[6nk06@sh.itjust.works]

I thought it was a good satire and I had fun. But the first 30/45 minutes of the hero complaining about his sick daughter was annoying.

And ye the guy has no presence but it doesn't matter, it's good entertainment.

[myrmidex@belgae.social]

I'm a huge fan of both the original movie and the book. Agreed, this was utter garbage, leaning closer to Idiocracy than anything else. I expected more from Wright, another great director crumbling under mainstream pressures.

[darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

It never even crossed my mind to watch that movie. If you feel the need to cleanse yourself by watching a seriously good adaption of the source material, I can recommend the 1970 German TV movie (which preceded both the Schwarzenegger movie and the King novel upon which it was based):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Millionenspiel

[the_che_banana@beehaw.org]

The original Schwarzenegger movie was more entertaining for sure, this was a whole other level of what seemed like AI slop writing

[dagwoodiii@piefed.social]

Thanks for the headsup.

I read the original long before I saw the Arnold movie. Both had a lot to recommend them.

[dagwoodiii@piefed.social]

https://youtu.be/TbjShBEdFY8

https://youtu.be/cDQ_A8Skzdg

Opening of 'The 10th Victim' based on the novel "The 7th Victim' by Robert Sheckley.

The premise is slightly different. You sign up and go one on one as a Hunter and then as a Victim. You have to survive seven hunts.

[biofaust@lemmy.world]

Is that a Blue Steel?

[roofuskit@lemmy.world]

Meh.

Edit: my feelings on the movie, not OPs opinion.

[keyez@lemmy.world]

I think Glen Powell was miscast for this movie. If you watch Hit Man or Twisters the man can act and does have charisma and screen presence, just in a different way than this movie wanted him to show it as the angriest man alive.

I had fun with the movie but I was hoping it would be better. It had a lot of satire and poking at issues in the current world but never fully delivered on any idea fully.

[iww4@lemmy.zip]

Absolutely on both counts.

[iww4@lemmy.zip]

Very cool, I will check it out.

[iww4@lemmy.zip]

I didn’t see hitman, but I did see Twisters and naw he dragged that one down too. I also saw him in Everyone Wants Some and he was just as flat in that.

[silver_wings_of_morning@feddit.dk]

Started out really good imo but became worse and the end wasn't satisfying. Overall enjoyed it.

[iww4@lemmy.zip]

Wow.. I found the first hour to be dogshit.

[hubertmanne@piefed.social]

when it comes to all media I figure if its good enough then I will eventually watch it but if its not talked about down the line then meh. thanks for taking the hit though.

[bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works]

Huh, I loved it. Did you read the book?

Oh such a good movie. Maybe it will help open the eyes of some people that this reality is less than 10 years away.

But it wont.

[rafoix@lemmy.zip]

Where is Paul Verhoeven when we need him? He would have made an amazing Running Man film.