The Running Man (2025) - Kritiken

In the year 2025, the best men don’t run for president, they run for their lives.

The Running Man looks great and has a lot of flair but also feels like the least “Edgar Wright-y” Edgar Wright movie.

It’s a very well put-together film, and more so than not, it’s full of charming performances, clever little details and some less-outlandish-than-I’d-like social commentary.

...reminds us that our rage is a valuable resource worth a lot more than money, and one that we can’t afford to waste on each other. 

‘Hunger Games’ meets ‘Black Mirror’ in Edgar Wright’s dystopian thriller.

Making a muscular, fun-enough adaptation of The Running Man is at once beneath him and beyond him.

Edgar Wright’s exhilarating adaptation of Stephen King’s novel could propel the Texan actor into the stratosphere.

The result is something akin to a Paul Verhoeven film: the ’80s urban nightmare of RoboCop crossed with the cheekily iconoclastic satire of Starship Troopers.

...nothing short of entertainment.

Powell may not share the thundering screen presence of his predecessor (who does?), but he makes a hell of a sturdy lead—and a much more sincere one.

The relentless pace generates enough of an endorphin rush to power the movie beyond plausibility nitpicking.

Glen Powell proves a charismatic hero in Edgar Wright remake.

Glen Powell sprints through fun update of Stephen King future-shock sci-fi satire.