The Running Man review: Glen Powell proves a charismatic hero in Edgar Wright remake

Okay, so the story takes place in a really messed up, controlling America where everyone’s basically distracted by super violent TV. It all started with a book by Stephen King – he actually wrote it under the name Richard Bachman back in ’82 – but Edgar Wright, the guy who did Shaun of the Dead and Last Night in Soho, wanted to make this movie really faithful to that original book. He’s gone even further than the first film in sticking to the source material, which I think is awesome.








