The Running Man (1987) First Time Watching! Movie Reaction!!

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The Running Man (1987)
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@TBRSchmitt 3 жыл бұрын

The Butcher of Bakersfield vs The Butcher of Blaviken!? Who you got!? Thanks for all the support everyone!!

@Ant-bm1qk 3 жыл бұрын

You guys are awesome. Not sure if you guys ever seen the movie “Big Trouble in Little China” but it’s a great movie from the 80s. Put it this way, there would be no “Mortal Kombat” video games if it wasn’t for this movie. It’s starring Kurt Russell and directed by John Carpenter. Literally the creators of Mortal Kombat took inspiration from this movie. Raiden and Shang Tsung were created because of this movie. Just wanted to make a request not sure if this is the proper way.

@pappajudas9267 3 жыл бұрын

This movie had a huge resurgence when the Hunger Games came out. Battle Royale is another movie that people kept bringing up when talking about The Hunger Games. I'm kind of new to your channel so maybe you've already done Battle Royale but if you haven't you totally should.

@williamsmith5340 3 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite movies

@feslenraster 3 жыл бұрын

by the way, Killian's actor is the same guy for the first Family Feud tv show host!

@mrs7195 3 жыл бұрын

@@Ant-bm1qk Big Trouble in Little China is awesome! They should def watch it!

@rachardmcintyre6560 3 жыл бұрын

11:50 RIP Yaphet Kotto.

@haitolawrence5986 3 жыл бұрын

Great actor! 😊

@Scallycowell 3 жыл бұрын

He played hands down the biggest badass blaxploitation villain ever as Harvard Blue in 'Truck Turner', with Isaac Hayes playing the titular hero. He's legit scary in that role, how stone cold gangster he is.

@angelg6565 2 жыл бұрын

R.I.P Mr. Kotto.

@wampa25 3 жыл бұрын

The guy that played the main revolutionary was Mick Fleetwood (of Fleetwood Mac) and his chief subordinate was Dweezel Zappa (Frank's son)

@mortonsomerville6271 3 жыл бұрын

Easter egg Mick Fleetwood is actually playing an older version of himself. He talks about his music

@wampa25 3 жыл бұрын

@@mortonsomerville6271 Yeah, I think I remember someone calling him Mick.

@themanlikekg Жыл бұрын

I’ve seen this film dozens of times and I’ve never clicked that that was Mick Fleetwood

@JakeLeslie1986 Ай бұрын

You're telling lies ....... Sweet little lies 😂😂😂

@jimtatro6550 3 жыл бұрын

Richard Dawson was the original host of Family Feud and was playing a “version” of himself. This movie/book helped bring about reality TV

@bfdidc6604 3 жыл бұрын

He also goes back to his role on Hogan's Heroes. He is wonderfully oily in this film and gets to throw Arnold's "I'll be back" phrase in his face.

@Scallycowell 3 жыл бұрын

Damon's bodyguard is also played by Sven Ole Thorson, world champion strongman and Arnold's body double who did a lot of work as his stunt work, becoming his official stand-in.

@KelliViti 3 жыл бұрын

@Akbar Shabazz-Jenkins I am old enough to have memories of him on Match Game. Before his grabby self on FF.

@thomaschurchwell5180 3 жыл бұрын

@@bfdidc6604 Newkirk

@randybrandon2071 3 жыл бұрын

@@Scallycowell He also played Thorgrim in Conan. He was the guy with big hammer.

@PapaMojo75 3 жыл бұрын

"We should have gone on the trip to Hawaii!" "I had the shirt but you fucked it up!" Yo whoever wrote this script should get an Oscar.

@RandyReviews1990 2 жыл бұрын

they don't write lines like these no more!

@brigidtheirish 2 жыл бұрын

@@RandyReviews1990 The '80s were *awesome* for this kind of writing.

@MusicHandsAbrupt 3 жыл бұрын

This was the role of a lifetime for Richard Dawson. He loved it.

@SpearM3064 Жыл бұрын

R.I.P. Jim Brown, the guy who played Fireball in this movie. He passed away in May this year at age 87. His NFL career as a running back for the Cleveland Browns lasted 9 years... pretty impressive, since the average NFL career is about 3 years.

@Ashwgun 3 жыл бұрын

Based on a short story by Stephen King, and the host is Richard Dawson, who hosted the family feud for a long time. Great movie, probably one of my top 5 Arnold movies.

@nates9029 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Are you a fan of the short story? I like it but LOVE the movie. Just curious. I think it is cool that you knew it was based on a short story by Richard Bachman (Stephen King). A lot of people don't know that and didn't know it at the time. I didn't know until years later after seeing it.

@terrylandess6072 3 жыл бұрын

I knew Richard Dawson from Hogan's Heroes before he ended up on Family Feud. When I saw this I knew it was action comedy. Any death or 'gore' scenes didn't even create a somber mood.

@coachmikesfilmroom3111 3 жыл бұрын

This is nothing like the book at all except the names, but I find both awesome in their massive differences

@billymuellerTikTok 2 жыл бұрын

they should do a remake with Steve Harvey playing Richard Dawson's part

@markbell4982 2 жыл бұрын

It was written under a pseudonym and it was a novel, not a short story. It was a small novel but still a novel.

@chrisleebowers 3 жыл бұрын

This movie inspired the show "American Gladiators" which is essentially a non-lethal version of the Running Man show

@DaemonKeido 3 жыл бұрын

They basically used the red and blue singlets for the Runners, yeah lol

@shannonjohnson6532 3 жыл бұрын

If you loved the one liners in this, just wait until you see Commando.

@FamilyGuyRoks6 3 жыл бұрын

@Malorm get to da choppa was predator but I love "let off some steam, bennett" from commando haha

@a415man 3 жыл бұрын

THIS - Right here. Gotta watch Commando - "Don't disturb my friend, he's dead tired".

@jondorr4011 3 жыл бұрын

"Let off some steam Bennett"

@nitrokid 3 жыл бұрын

"Chill..." Oh wait, no. Wrong movie.

@cassidywest5539 3 жыл бұрын

Don't disturb my friend. He's dead tired.

@GoodSteve123 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a little older, and grew up watching a lot of the movies you watch on this channel. It's awesome to be able to re-live them for the first time, in a way, by watching you guys see these movies with fresh eyes. Love the channel guys, keep it up.

@JeffersonMills 3 жыл бұрын

Completely agree with this!

@BiggestDawgEver 2 жыл бұрын

True for me as well.

@yankees29 2 жыл бұрын

Love this friggin movie. Brings back memories of going to the video store and picking out a good flick.

@robertlayne4581 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree 👍

@brom00 3 жыл бұрын

The actor that played Dynamo, Erland van Lidth, was also an opera singer. That is his singing. Unfortunately he died a few months after he finished filming. Another great, funny film he was in is "Stir Crazy", with Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor.

@taoist32 3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes. He played the big dude that was their cell mate.

@jazzx251 3 жыл бұрын

Wow!

@jesses5463 Жыл бұрын

He also played Terror, the leader of the Fordham Baldies in the cult classic The Wanderers. I highly recommend.

@possiblepilotdeviation5791 3 жыл бұрын

Steroid guard was the guy in Conan that gets the spike trap to the chest during the last fight. The big bad guy with the hammer. He was a bodybuilder friend of Arnold's named Sven-Ole Thorsen who has been in a ton of movies as small roles. Including the Hunt for Red October as a crewman on the Russian sub.

@bluejays25 3 жыл бұрын

Wasn't he Zangief in the Street Fighter movie?

@possiblepilotdeviation5791 3 жыл бұрын

@@bluejays25 Haven't seen it, but probably. That guy was everywhere

@E842002 3 жыл бұрын

@@bluejays25 no that was a different actor Andrew Bryniarski who played Zangief

@clearsmashdrop5829 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, now that you mention it I know which crewman in Red October your talking about. Cant believe I never noticed as I love both movies.

@weescamp 3 жыл бұрын

He was also in Predator I think as the guy who shot the prisoner and got blown out the window by Arnie. He was also in Hard Target, Gladiator (as tigris) and the security guard in Mallrats.

@m2c_tave689 3 жыл бұрын

Fireball is played by NFL legend Jim Brown.

@johndawhale3197 3 жыл бұрын

Known to us Dirty Dozen fans as "Jefferson".

@MsMelyjean 3 жыл бұрын

This movie was popular. Strangely enough, it depicted many of the reality TV tropes that are common today.

@InsideJobUSSS 3 жыл бұрын

6:15 😁 María Alonso tied up like that was a childhood fantasy of mine. 😏

@rustybarrel516 3 жыл бұрын

First movie I saw her in was Moscow on the Hudson with Robin Williams. 😍

@shanenolan8252 3 жыл бұрын

Lol you to

@joelsalgado5808 3 жыл бұрын

She was hot! I remember her from the movie Colors as well.

@shanenolan8252 3 жыл бұрын

@@joelsalgado5808 colours yes Robert Duvall right ? Haven't seen that in a long time greart movie

@mnomadvfx 3 жыл бұрын

Also in Predator 2.

@chrisespinosa6999 3 жыл бұрын

Another fun fact. The guy who takes off the collars in the beginning (Mic), was played by Mick Fleetwood from the band Fleetwood Mac and his young sidekick (Stevie), was played by Dweezil Zappa, son of singer Frank Zappa.

@matthewtimmerman3643 3 жыл бұрын

Featuring the late, great Yaphet Kotto. Fun Fact: At one point, Kotto was on the short list for the role of Captain Picard in "Star Trek: The Next Generation".

@nightmaster5593 3 жыл бұрын

Really? That would've been absolutely awesome!

@GrosvnerMcaffrey 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting because I heard Picard was originally written to be a swashbuckler type almost a extreme version of Kirk that's why when they picked Patrick Stuart people in production were surprised

@chrisadams8182 Жыл бұрын

He wasn’t about to draw straws! He wanted that god damn role right now!

@Snefens34 3 жыл бұрын

Killians body guard is played by Sven-Ole Thorsen. There is only one guy that has done more Arnold movies than him, and that is Arnold. Whenever you watch an Arnold movie, try to do a find Waldo (Thorsen). This was one of the easier to spot.

@mnomadvfx 3 жыл бұрын

Thorsen is also the big gladiator that faces Maximus in the tiger fight of Gladiator, the one Maximus spares.

@dialecticalmonist3405 3 жыл бұрын

@@mnomadvfx Now that you mentioned it, I made the connection to his face.

@jmlaw8888 3 жыл бұрын

I cant wait until we get to see you react to the glorious cheesefest that is Commando. That will be a treat Im sure. 😆

@seanstoutgamer 3 жыл бұрын

LOVE COMMANDO!!!!!!!

@Masky5150 3 жыл бұрын

Right? Same! Commando rules!!!!

@FutureBoy. 3 жыл бұрын

@@Masky5150 I can't wait. I think they're gonna love Commando!

@GreenBeanGreenBean 3 жыл бұрын

Unlimited ammo hack activated!

@scottythedawg 3 жыл бұрын

something i didnt realise was that Alyssa Milano was Jenny.

@jillk368 2 жыл бұрын

That great host is Richard Dawson. He was the original host of the Family Feud. He hosted for about 10 years. Before that he was a panelist on the Match Game. Before that he was a regular on a sketch comedy series called Laugh-In. Before that he starred in a drama series called Hogan's Heroes. He was actually very talented and very well loved. Famous (or infamous) for basically kissing hello most of the female contestants on his show. He would ask women to tell him backstage in advance if they didn't want to be kissed. Anyway, he's just basically being the evil version of his game-show host self in this.

@44excalibur 3 жыл бұрын

The Running Man is based on a novel by Stephen King under the pseudonym "Richard Bachman."

@josefgordon7712 2 жыл бұрын

I love reactions like this (mirthful grin on one face, pure horror on the other 😂)

@adgtheone Жыл бұрын

Fun fact: this was actually made not only after The Terminator and Commando, but the same exact year as Predator! That's right, Arnold was such a hot commodity by 1987, he was making more than one film a year! Vince McMahon was trying like hell to get him at Wrestlemania back then because he was basically the biggest action star in Hollywood at the time. They finally got him to appear at a Smackdown taping in '99, where he was crowned "World Heavyweight Box Office Champion." He was actually awarded a custom belt and beat up Triple H outside the right during the main event...and of course the crowd went wild!!! Nice vid. Thanks. :)

@billymuellerTikTok 2 жыл бұрын

I loved this movie when I was a kid but I wish that instead of Paul Michael Glaser they had gotten Paul Verhoeven (Robo Cop, Total Recall, Starship Troopers) to direct it and add in the more of the dark social comedy that they had in those movies

@oaf-77 3 жыл бұрын

The 1990 arcade game Smash TV was inspired by this movie. The original rom talked about a ‘pleasure dome’ as a reward for winning the game, but it was unreachable, like in Running man. So many people complained, they added a bonus level.

@supermodeldiva1977 5 ай бұрын

This movie and that game was always my favorite growing up

@oaf-77 5 ай бұрын

@@supermodeldiva1977 you’re obviously a person of quality and taste

@randybrandon2071 3 жыл бұрын

The movie was changed dramatically from the book, but the original story was written by Stephen King under the name Richard Bachman.

@angelrogo 3 жыл бұрын

This movie was quite popular in Spain by the end of the 80's and the first half of the 90's. I think you can easily guess the reason why this movie is not aired anymore by any tv station in America nor Europe.

@shainewhite2781 3 жыл бұрын

"Hey Killian, here's SubZero, now plain Zero!" "Over here, Christmas tree!" "You guys don't shut up, I'll uplink your ass, then you'll be underground." "Hey Cutie pie, one of us is in big trouble." "Well, that hit the spot." "Hey, Killian. I'll be back." "What a hothead." "Where's Buzzsaw?" "He had to split."

@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 3 жыл бұрын

The dad jokes are pretty much non-stop in this one😆

@TBRSchmitt 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha great summary of some of the amazing lines in this movie!

@DarkPaladin24 3 жыл бұрын

@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 Arnie is like one of the only people who can make dad jokes sound so badass.

@brom00 3 жыл бұрын

Those are what make me cringe, and the one thing I dislike about. They all sound like they were written by someone else. Any line that Arnold could have ad-libbed would have been so much better.

@draskang 3 жыл бұрын

YES. This movie is so cheesy & hokey & bad & I totally love it! It has so much rewachability.

@terririnella4032 3 жыл бұрын

Arnold (who has and always was great delivering one liners and quips, great comedic timing) is so funny in this movie and while everyone remembers "I'll be back" from Terminator, this version is my favourite especially with it being followed up with "only in a rerun"

@bluejays25 3 жыл бұрын

I agree. Best comeback to "I'll be back" ever.

@claudettesmith8328 3 жыл бұрын

Killian is played by Richard Dawson, he used to host Family Feud. That's why he's a good host.

@karlmortoniv2951 3 жыл бұрын

"Running Man" did just fine back in the day. First R-rated movie I saw in a cinema, if I remember correctly. Seems to me Arnold's stock went up a fair bit with this movie. It made money and the satirical elements made him more than a stack of muscles that hit people. Not that Arnold produced it or anything, but that he chose to be involved in such a movie and embraced it with such obvious relish reflected well on him. It's worth looking up the guys who played the stalkers. Jim Brown (Fireball) was a superstar football player who did some acting and was something of an icon in his day, Jesse Ventura and the fellow who played Subzero were wrestlers, the guy who played Dynamo died of heart failure not long after he finished making this movie. Buzzsaw is the one I know the least about - seems to have been an uncommonly large weightlifter. Very well-cast bunch of dudes. :)

@jesses5463 Жыл бұрын

This movie didn't affect Arnold's stock one way or the other. Predator came out the same year and was a much bigger hit.

@andrewburgemeister6684 Жыл бұрын

You forgot to mention that Jesse Ventura later would become Governor of Minnesota in 1999 serving until 2003! After having a falling out with the WWF in the 1990’s over unpaid video royalties and Hulk Hogan tattling on him for floating the idea of a wrestler’s Union, he’d reconcile with the Federation and was the Special Guest Referee for the main event (Stone Cold v Triple H v Mankind) at Summerslam ‘99 which was held in Minneapolis and would also do occasional colour commentary on their programming into the 2000’s.

@PeekaPeep 3 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU FOR REACTING TO A CHILDHOOD FAVORITE OF MINE! Here's some trivia bits related to this one: 1) Paul Michael Glaser (Starsky, lol) directed it, 2) Christopher Reeve was initially chosen for the lead Ben Richards role before it finally went to Arnold, 3) Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac drummer), Dweezil Zappa (Frank's son), and NFL legend Jim Brown (Fireball) also guest star in it, and 4) film was based off a short story by Stephen King under his Richard Bachman pen name and the game was actually played across the entire US instead of Los Angeles (O_O)! Man oh man, I put this one in the same category as Demolition Man in that some of the themes within ended up becoming prophetic today... >;-D

@randallshuck2976 3 жыл бұрын

"Demolition Man" with Stallone and Snipes or "The Last Action Hero" with Arnold is next?

@Kevakazii 3 жыл бұрын

Both absolute top notch choices.

@chrismeulen8108 3 жыл бұрын

@randall it's "Last Action Hero" there is no "the"

@randallshuck2976 3 жыл бұрын

@@chrismeulen8108 Sorry. It's still a fun watch.

@micpar2 Жыл бұрын

The huge main guard at the end also was in Gladiator. He played the retired gladiator that fought Maximus. But was defeated but Maximus didn't kill him. He just damaged his foot badly. He was also one of the brothers barbarians in Conan the Barbarian. He was Arnold stunt man in some of his movies too. He's passed away too.

@andyc.9751 2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: the guy that says “don’t touch that dial” in the studio was Dweezil Zappa, a reference to Frank Zappa’s “I am the Slime”

@seanwalsh72 3 жыл бұрын

There is nothing like 80s action films. The Running Man is just one film in a bunch of fun Arnold films throughout the decade.

@LA_HA 3 жыл бұрын

For real

@keavabonner1625 3 жыл бұрын

All the puns in this movie are hilarious

@telemperor 3 жыл бұрын

There was a TV show called American Gladiators that came out after this movie. The concept was super fit "gladiators" battling average looking people. They had tennis ball cannons, net walls, a game where you had to get a ball in a container past the gladiators, pugil sticks. There was a cash prize for the player who did the best.

@jean-paulaudette9246 3 жыл бұрын

When AG premiered, there was no doubt in my mind that it had been inspired by The Running Man.

@brucechmiel7964 3 жыл бұрын

That was the first time I saw Gina Carano. she started as a contestant and be came a gladiator the next season. BTW I'm 35, and I love shows like AG, and Nickelodeon's Guts. Had both games on SNES.

@telemperor 3 жыл бұрын

@@jean-paulaudette9246 it absolutely was

@telemperor 3 жыл бұрын

@@brucechmiel7964 I'm 47 and I loved that show. I was into the muscle women, not that I ever had the fit body type.

@sircdrom 3 жыл бұрын

Great 80s flick! Fun trivia as well: The Running Man is based on the book with the same name written by Stephen King (under a pseudonym).

@Liesmith424 3 жыл бұрын

I saw this movie as a little kid, then red the book as a teenager and was baffled at how the filmmakers got from point A to point B on this one.

@totomomo18 3 жыл бұрын

Great movie. I am so glad you enjoyed it. One of my favorite Arnold movies it is so underrated. It was overshadowed by the the success of Predator that came out at the same year. Other great Arnold movies is End Of Days and Collateral Damage. Fun fact the leader of the resistance Mic is an actual Singer of the Fleetwood Mack a famous rock band. The bad guy was an actual show host. The bodyguard was in Conan was Kurgen with the big Hammer.

@w1975b 3 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing it and Predator on HBO in 1987/1988, I probably would have been 12...great nostalgia :)

@rmsgrey 2 жыл бұрын

At the time, there were two Arnold movies coming out per year, with the previous one being Predator, so it's not surprising it kinda got lost in the shuffle. The movie did okay at the time, and has survived fairly well, though its uncanny prescience has only become apparent more recently.

@blogattacker 8 ай бұрын

I remember vividly the tv add at the time. Arnold running and a guard shooting a rocket that opened a net that caught him

@pietergreveling 3 жыл бұрын

Another one you two will love, is the great but underrated action sci-fi "comedy" Demolition Man (1993), and it's with the other big 80's action hero! 🤞🏻✌🏼

@davidcapper4559 3 жыл бұрын

So, on behalf of all your viewers/patrons/fans, I’m gonna suggest that you two dress like Arnold & Maria Conchita Alonso from the airport arrest sequence for Halloween (complete with huge hair & shoulder pads plus a red ‘capture’ net ) only super cool people would appreciate it.

@RatelRegalement 3 жыл бұрын

King(of course writing as Bachman for this, which didn't get revealed they were the same person for some time) is often pretty on point with his commentary. If you get time, recommend reading the book too. The differences are quite striking.

@w1975b 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I read the novella many years ago. I was a big King and Arnold fan back then. Even though it has been a long time, I remember some of the differences between story and movie.

@tankosaurus 3 жыл бұрын

I think the reason this doesn't get talked about as much is because this was right in the middle of when Arnie had been putting out two movies a years. Commando came out the year before, Predator came out the same year, and this was followed by Twins, Total Recall, Kindergarten Cop and T2... I think it just got lost in all the other outstanding Arnie movies. And not always because people loved them, sometimes it got overshadowed cos the movies were so different, like Twins and KC. But I always loved this movie! And one of the better B-Grade Stephen Kings movies too.

@evandipasquale9255 Жыл бұрын

Such an underrated Arnold movie, this and total recall were two of my favorites growing up.

@foreignmilk5589 3 жыл бұрын

between this, robocop and escape from newyork, ...idk which dystopia we're headed for first...we're already living in 1984

@taoist32 3 жыл бұрын

Demolition Man will be next although Escape From New York could happen at the same time. Another weird dystopian movie is Tank Girl starring Lori Petty. Not a great movie or plot, but set in the future where there is the same division between poor and rich.

@foreignmilk5589 3 жыл бұрын

@@taoist32 my favorite dystopian film is prayer of the rollerboys. if you can find it, its definitely worth a watch. its a shit film, but still, nothing is cooler than a drug dealing rollerblading white supremacist gang movie featuring corey haim.

@taoist32 3 жыл бұрын

@@foreignmilk5589 Hmm. Never heard of that one. Obviously seen some Corey Haims movies back in the day, but wasn’t really a fan.

@foreignmilk5589 3 жыл бұрын

@@taoist32 yeah, he sucks lol...but still

@ilovevegimite 3 жыл бұрын

Your You Tube audience is screaming "Commando, Commando, Commando!"

@jasonasdecker 3 жыл бұрын

Erland van Lidth (Dynamo) was actually a trained professional opera singer who sang is own lines. Other FYI is the the music playing when Dynamo attacks is "Flight of the Valkyries" the most well known opera in the world in such movies/shows as "Apocalypse Now" and "What's Opera, Doc?" Bugs Bunny's opera (think "I killed the Wabbit" sung by Elmer Fudd).

@My-Name-Isnt-Important 3 жыл бұрын

The guard with the flat-top and beard is Arnold's friend, Sven-Ole Thorsen. He was in Conan the Barbarian, Predator, and many other Arnold films, he is even in Gladiator too. They both started out body building and when Arnold got into acting, he made sure Thorsen got roles in his films. It's pretty cool to see Arnold and Thorsen stay friends for so long, and have helped one another.

@My-Name-Isnt-Important 3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, the game show host was an actual game show host for Family Feud during the 70s and 80s, and before that Richard Dawson was in the comedy series Hogan's Heroes.

@rickdeckard2240 3 жыл бұрын

Last Action Hero is an underrated gem in Arnie's filmo, it's a lot of fun, and has its lot of cool one liners too! And the soundtrack is gold.

@Vohaul86 3 жыл бұрын

Charles Dance as Benedict was a wonderful villain in that one.

@MikeB12800 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another great reaction! I suggest leaving Last Action Hero as the last Arnold movie to watch. You might also want to check out Demolition Man with Stallone and Snipes.

@IvorClegg 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely leave last Action Hero until last in Arnold's Action-Period, before moving on to the comedy movies. It's a wonderfully loving and good natured poke at the whole 80's action movie genre, and having the context of the earlier material just makes it all the better. Some familiarity with other 80's actioners would be worthwhile too, but I can't decide in which order you should watch Last Action Hero and Demolition Man. It probably doesn't matter.

@Deadduck2pt0 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure how this did in theaters, but it was a staple of early cable channels in the '80s/early '90s. Along with "Big trouble in Little China," "The Beastmaster," "Conan," "The Ice Prirates," "Red Sonja," "Caddyshack," "Airplane!," and just a litany of others.

@darthcygnus7692 3 жыл бұрын

Everything with Arnold in is pure gold!

@cassidywest5539 3 жыл бұрын

This whole gameshow is like a future facebook.

@shootingreal5945 3 жыл бұрын

RIP Yaphet Kotto

@feslenraster 3 жыл бұрын

"I'm ALONZO!"

@ClarenceBeeks1 3 жыл бұрын

The guy with the beard at 4.05 is Mick Fleetwood, drummer of Fleetwood Mac.

@alexflores7652 3 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: This movie goes along with the genre called Cyberpunk. The first movie that really showed the visual aesthetics that has become to be known as Cyberpunk. For the literal aspect of that genre was William Gibson's Neuromancer. The late 80's and into the 90's had a whole collection of Cyberpunk type movies. You can also and Anime into that genre. But it's funny that a lot of these movies take place from about 2015-2021.

@awesomereviews1561 3 жыл бұрын

The steroid Bodyguard is Sven Ole Thorsen. He was in also in Predator and Conan ( he was Throgrim, the guy with the hammer who got impaled).

@JDelwynn 3 жыл бұрын

The Running Man is basically a Stephen King adaptation, although King sued to get his name removed from the credits as the movie pretty much has nothing to do with the novel it's based on. It's credited to Richard Bachman, a pseudonym for Stephen King. I remember reading somewhere that King and his friend went to see the movie, and at one point the friend leaned to King to ask what happens next. King replied with "I don't have a clue, this is nothing to do with what I wrote."

@JDelwynn 3 жыл бұрын

@Bender Bending Rodriguez Can't remember, it's been literal decades since I last read it. I think Ben in the book was trying to get medication for his daughter or something...

@frankrodriguez2999 3 жыл бұрын

Supposedly Edgar Wright is in the process of making a film adaptation of the running man that is going to be more faithful to the Stephen King story.

@robertcampbell8070 3 жыл бұрын

@Bender Bending Rodriguez They get a certain amount of money depending on how long they stay alive. I think it was $1,000 per hour or something? And then bonuses for stuff and some grand prize for surviving a certain number of days, it's been awhile since I read it. Basically they're just released into the world and then hunted, so no "game zone" or whatever.

@robertcampbell8070 3 жыл бұрын

It should also be noted that while King may have hated the movie, the story was originally published under the Bachmann pseudonym anyway, not under King.

@jean-paulaudette9246 3 жыл бұрын

@@frankrodriguez2999 That would be cool! As fun as this is, the book was really fearsome and excellent, and has gained (even more than when it was written) a great deal of pertinence to our society.

@parcaleste 3 жыл бұрын

I love, love, love this movie since I was a kid. My cousin had this great carnival black and white cards with the characters that I would stare at every day and trying to draw them with my color pencils. Thus said I recommend you reading the book as well. It's more like a novel, really short, but so much more visceral.

@ToABrighterFuture Жыл бұрын

The dance sequence that opens the show, was choreographed by Paula Abdul. Yes, THAT Paula Abdul. Also worth a mention is the end title song, "Restless Heart," by John Parr. He had more success with the theme to "St. Elmo's Fire," though. Main score, however, was mostly Harold Faltermeyer. Axel F, remember that tune? Same guy. Richard Dawson had been a regular on "Hogan's Heroes," and was pretty much a fixture on the Gene Rayburn version of "Match Game" in the 70's. This was his final film role.

@johnpittsii7524 3 жыл бұрын

RIP to Yaphet Katto . He will always be missed. Much ❤ as always

@v8matey 3 жыл бұрын

Amber "I'm warning you, I get sick. Air sick, car sick. I'm gonna throw up all over you." Richards "Go ahead. Won't show on this shirt."

@sharks3010 3 жыл бұрын

The crunch noise when they inject between the knuckles gets me everytime as well!

@gutz1981 3 жыл бұрын

Steven King wrote the short story for this under a different name. The story was different as Ben volunteered for the money to pay for his daughters operation and it took place across the world and over a period of weeks/months. Eventually he hijacks a plane and his daughter died before he could win, so he flew the plane into the ICS building at Cillian. Apparently the last think he saw before the impact was Ben smiling and flipping him the bird as he did it.

@krypticeye2126 3 жыл бұрын

This. I think they should re-do this one according to the book (It was of the same name as the movie, but written under Richard Bachman). Think they could do a much cooler movie these days with the book content. I had read the story before the movie, so was kinda disappointed with the massive changes. Still a fun Arnie flick though.

@gutz1981 3 жыл бұрын

@@krypticeye2126 Yeah, I think this is one of the few "Arnie movies" to be remade, cause it had a good premise that was not perfectly executed like say Terminator or Conan. A closer link to the book would make for a better movie. I feel its time.

@The_Bermuda_Nonagon 3 жыл бұрын

'Who loves you?" "And who do you loooove?" "That's right, The Running Man !" : D

@jazzx251 3 жыл бұрын

BRUCE FORSYTH: "Nice to See You! ...." CROWD: " ... to See You NICE!" You can't beat a good gameshow host.

@rustybarrel516 3 жыл бұрын

I just remembered that I wound up seeing this at the theater after agreeing to go see Fatal Attraction with friends and walking out of that because it sucked. One of the best decisions I ever made as a teenager. 😂

@brianoconnell6459 3 жыл бұрын

The "Don't touch that dial" guy is Dweezel Zappa, son of famed Frank Zappa, and the old guy on the controls is Mick Fleetwood.

@BiggestDawgEver 2 жыл бұрын

It been so long since I have seen this movie, I had forgotten that Sub Zero was played by Harold Sakata. He was mos famous for playing Oddjob henchman to the eponymous villain in 007 Goldfinger.

@StCerberusEngel 3 жыл бұрын

The only time you'll see a Stephen King story starring Arnold Swarzenegger. The original book "The Running Man" was written under King's pen name, Richard Bachman.

@freakazonestudios7979 3 жыл бұрын

Pen name?

@StCerberusEngel 3 жыл бұрын

@@freakazonestudios7979 A pen name, also called a nom de plume (French: [nɔ̃ də plym]) or a literary double, is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name.

@freakazonestudios7979 3 жыл бұрын

@@StCerberusEngel so it's like a fake name then?

@Amoncarybab 3 жыл бұрын

I've either seen you before or someone with a similar Thumbnail; Have you seen a video uploaded by Queen Blaze before?

@StCerberusEngel 3 жыл бұрын

@@freakazonestudios7979 Yeah.

@wampa25 3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: Arnold was in Predator and his Running Man co-star Maria Conchita Alonso was in Predator 2.

@bcast9978 3 жыл бұрын

If only PacMan was there.

@bessarion1771 3 жыл бұрын

And Yaphet Koto was in Alien.

@BDTXIII 3 жыл бұрын

She's quite a bombshell if I recalled....😍

@patrickstracener5329 3 жыл бұрын

She was also in "Total Recall" as Arnold's girlfriend on Mars.

@BDTXIII 3 жыл бұрын

@@patrickstracener5329 No, that's not her. That one was a different actress.

@DOCTORFREEDOM 3 жыл бұрын

Ok some nifty stuff. The choreography for the dancers was done by Paula Abdul. The old bearded fellow was none other than Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac. The young revolutionary with the red beret was played by Dweezil Zappa. Kilian was performed by Richard Dawson, who was host of the game show "THE FAMILY FEUD for a number of years. And, the ending song "Running Away With You(Restless Heart)" was performed by John Parr whom also performed the song "St. Elmo's Fire".

@Mortisg187 3 жыл бұрын

The guy who disabled their collars is Mick Fleetwood from Fleetwood Mac.

@akr9648 3 жыл бұрын

SuperB. Commando and Red Heat. you guys gonna luvvv it .ciao 👊🏼

@taoist32 3 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget Raw Deal. A lot of people have forgotten this movie.

@Trademarc1977 3 жыл бұрын

One of the weirdest (and most fun) Stephen King adaptations. Enjoyed your reaction!

@MichaelSHumphrey 3 жыл бұрын

Paul Michael Glaser directed this, who played the original Starsky in Starsky & Hutch...also, the original novel was written by Stephen King.

@brianoconnell6459 3 жыл бұрын

And just a few years later, we got a show called American Gladiators, or as I called it, Running Man Light.

@lolmao500 3 жыл бұрын

The running man would be a great idea for corrupt politicians, judges, cops and corporate lobbyists.

@crimsonda 3 жыл бұрын

This was a lot of fun with friends on a Friday on a big screen.

@44excalibur 3 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: The Running Man was directed by Paul Michael Glaser, who played David Starsky on the 1970s TV show, Starsky & Hutch.

@thomasunsworth3755 3 жыл бұрын

Great reaction to my favorite Arnie film, pure 80's sci-fi fun. Also R.I.P Yaphet Kotto

@kj7124 3 жыл бұрын

The Running Man: 1:20 Hey -- it's not just a TV show -- there's a home board game version you can get too!

@cristonsloan 3 жыл бұрын

Probably mentioned elsewhere, but there are too many comments to check - this is based on a short story written by Stephen King, using his alias Richard Bachman. It's not terribly faithful to the source material, but sufficiently so that the plot is way more satisfying and complex than it should be, considering the Cheese factor of the movie adaptation. That has a lot to do with why this works, in my opinion. By the way, the Bachman Books (a collection of 4 of the short stories written by Mr King under this alias) is WELL worth reading, for those who still know how to do so. This one and The Long Walk are particularly haunting, in my opinion.

@blogattacker 8 ай бұрын

There were five

@cristonsloan 8 ай бұрын

@@blogattacker No, there are not. The Bachman Books consists of four short stories. I know, because I physically own the original anthology which was named the Bachman Books. Thinner came later and is not part of the anthology.

@blogattacker 8 ай бұрын

@@cristonsloan it was such a long time I read about those books that I got confused, I think it was in 1992

@cristonsloan 8 ай бұрын

@@blogattacker Happens to to best of us bud. I barely remember last week nowadays! But those stories had an impact on me at a young age, so I guess that's why I knew. Oh yeah and having the orignal book obviously helped. They may actually have released a second version with all five later on, but I wouldn't know for sure.

@micpar2 Жыл бұрын

The host of the Running Man show. Was played by the late Richard Dawson played on the NBC 1960's tv series. Hogan's Heroes a comedy set in a WWII German prisoner of war camp. He later in the 1970's-80's was the host of the game show Family Feud. So he was parody himself here too. Former NFL super star running back the late Jim Brown aka Fireball. Was also in other movies in the late 1960's and 70's like the Dirty Dozen a great WWII action/comedy movie.

@haitolawrence5986 3 жыл бұрын

'Get me the Justice Department, Entertainment Division.' *ring* *ring* 'CNN. Jeff Zucker speaking.' 🤣

@jamescole3795 3 жыл бұрын

Please do the funny movies from arnold like *kindergarten cop* or *twins* they're hilarious. Love your reactions and the analysis of you both, you guys complete each other. Greetz from Germany

@disconnexionsdotcom 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely watch Kindergarten Cop.. and Jingle All The Way for Christmas!!

@LA_HA 3 жыл бұрын

A lot of the muscle super hero types made at least one comedy. Stallone made Oscar, which was a pretty funny film adaptation of a stage play, I think. Hope they try that, too

@LordVolkov 3 жыл бұрын

If you like the one-liners in this, I can't wait for you two to get to Commando! Don't save it for last.

@jesses5463 Жыл бұрын

Fireball was played by Jim Brown, who is considered by many (myself included) to be the greatest running back in the history of the NFL.

@stvdagger8074 3 жыл бұрын

I love how the host (Richard Dawson) says "You ain't going to get ratings by playing re-runs of "Gilligan's Island" Back in the 60's, Dawson was on the show "Hogan's Heroes" which competed with "Gilligan's Island"

@DamonCzanik 3 жыл бұрын

In the far distant future of 2019... I watched this again last year and with a pandemic, a wrecked economy, a reality TV host as president, and deep fakes it started to feel a little too real. Love the movie. Love the reaction! Bring on Commando!

@darkzer0670 2 жыл бұрын

So 2 years later how's that pandemic doing? How's that economy and inflation doing? How's that fake installed dementia patient doing? How well is Brandon doing?

@philipmay3548 3 жыл бұрын

Sven, the steroid-addicted bodyguard, is one of Arnold's best friends, a fellow bodybuilder. He was the giant priest in Conan - Arnold killed his pet snake. Arnold killed him later, with the help of Valeria as a Valkyrie.

@PowerIsReal 3 жыл бұрын

I thought he was the other guy. The one with the hammer

@philipmay3548 3 жыл бұрын

@@PowerIsReal I just rechecked Conan - I stand corrected. Thanks! Sven was Thorgrim, the guy with the hammer. Ben Davidson played Rexor, the priest that Valeria helped to defeat.

@possiblepilotdeviation5791 3 жыл бұрын

@@philipmay3548 He was also in Red October as a Russian sub crew member, which they just reacted to.

@pablom-f8762 3 жыл бұрын

He was the victim of the "knock-knock" line in Predator.

@adamromero 3 жыл бұрын

He was also in the Oscar awarding winning classic On Deadly Ground with Steven Seagal. 🤣

@ek9509 Жыл бұрын

TBR Schmit: Is this before, or after Terminator? Samantha: I think it's after. Me: Yes it is. Three years after The Terminator.

@blagoyavichrod 3 жыл бұрын

This movie was replayed over and over again on HBO in the late 80s. Along with Lethal Weapon and Die Hard. By the way, the reason Die Hard is considered a Christmas movie, is because it was played over and over on HBO during December of '88. People of Gen X know that movie from that time and associate it with Christmas. THAT'S the reason it's considered a Christmas movie. NOT because it takes place during Christmas.

@vwlssnvwls3262 3 жыл бұрын

The actor who played the game show host was the original host of The Family Feud. This is what really made his part in this movie so great.

@obdiane 3 жыл бұрын

YEp, Richard Dawson, my mother loved him. He would kiss all the women (guests) on the show.

@bighuge1060 3 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy your reacted to this movie. When it was first released in theaters, my brother and I saw it with the stipulation that every time Arnold used a really bad pun or comment, we'd look at each other to see if we both caught it. I can't count how many times we exchanged looks and laughed during that movie. Doing THAT was more entertaining than the movie itself. If you ever read the novella this movie was based on, you'll find a very different kind of movie with a very different type of ending. Well worth the read, though.

@micpar2 Жыл бұрын

The studio originally wrote the screen play for the movie. For Christopher Reeve /Superman 1978-87. To play the lead, but he turned the role down. So it was rewritten for Arnold. This movie was directed by Paul Michael Glaser aka Starsky of Starsky & Hutch tv series 1975-79. The Running Man was written by Stephen King I believe he used a different name too. He wanted to see if he actually could still write books for their stories. Not just because of his name as a author. Mick Fleetwood of the rock group Fleetwoodmac. Played the rebel hippie computer/bomb defuser character too.

@waynequashie8381 Жыл бұрын

Both actor Arnold Schwarzenegger and actress Maria Conchita Alonso were in the Predator franchise. The former 'Governator' portrayed Dutch in the 1st movie(which came out the same year as this movie) and Ms. Alonso portrayed Detective Leona Cantrell in the sequel 3 years later.