Francis Lawrence directs Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson and Mark Hamill in this dystopian road movie where fifty young men take part in a contest of walking endurance; one where 49 of them will be executed when they slow down.

One of Stephen King’s simplest but most haunting novels. Filmed gruesomely. With two of the best young actors out there currently, front and centre and eating up the focus. Horrific in its own cruelly inevitable way but joins Shawshank, Stand By Me and Hearts In Atlantis as one of the superior “non-horror” King adaptations. Surprised this didn’t breakout to a wider audience.

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Perfect Double Bill: The Running Man (2025)