By skyforbes 
There was already a ‘Running Man’ movie in 1987 with Arnold Schwarzenegger. It’s about criminals in a game show where they try to kill you. It’s like Squid Games with an audience.
The trailer begins with ACTION. A military truck cruises FAST near the side of a mountain. A helicopter stalked above it.
It cuts to Ben (Glen Powell), who I believe, is recording a video on his phone. “You know, I’ve been thinking about the show….”
It cuts back to the truck, Ben is the driver. He looked up at the chopper. An armed masked man with sunglasses blew him a kiss.
“Everyone in the country is trying to murder me,” Ben said.
He pulled the clutch and STEPPED on the pedal. The truck ZOOMS FAST onto a metal bridge. The masked man on the chopper shot the grenade launcher at him. The truck CRASHED and EXPLODED onto another truck. I think Ben did a truck jousting with the other truck. Thankfully, Ben jumped inches away before the explosion. He fell into the water under the bridge.
It cuts back to Ben recording on his phone. “That’s crazy, right?”
It cuts to Sheila (Jayme Lawson), Ben’s wife, “People on these games never come back,” she told him.
“We have no choice,” Ben said.
It cut’s to Ben and Sheila feeding their baby in their tiny home. Ben hugged his poor baby who was crying.
“We need money for a doctor now,” Ben told her.
Right off the bat, I feel like this would be more relatable to people compared to the first Running Man. In that one, the government forces criminals to compete in a game of death. Running Man 1987 is the highest-rated TV show of ALL-TIME. In Running Man 2025, Ben is just a regular guy who needs money for his baby. It’s very relatable to Millennial and Gen Z parents today.
Ding! The elevator opens. Ben enters a locker room where you see colorful jumpsuits, the ‘jersey’ of the contestants. Ben puts on a red suit and zips it up.
It cuts to the show. The audience applauded.
“Welcome to The Running Man!,” the host said (Colman Domingo) in his cheesy gameshow voice.
It cuts to the rabid fans. They look like NFL or WWE fans. One guy even raised up a placard….
On Your Marks.
Get Set.
RUN!
“Contestants would be hunted for 30 days,” the host said.
It cuts to Ben escorted by the police.
It cuts to five scary men. They look like the hunters who would hunt and kill contestants. 3 men are in military uniform. One guy wore a classic suit and tie. And the last guy is the dude in the chopper who wore a mask with sunglasses. Holy sh**. Are they supposed to be the military, the secret service, and mercenaries hunting down regular folks to kill them?
It cuts to Ben in hand-to-hand combat with another guy.
It cuts to two people firing their flamethrowers at a cabin.
“Anyone can kill you!”
It cuts to a regular family with two kids in their living room watching the games.
Two guys threw another guy from a balcony.
BAAAANG!
A body CRASHED onto a sedan. The windshield and all the windows EXPLODED.
“Aaaaahhhhhh,” with a smile, Dan (Josh Brolin) is exhilarated. He watched the whole thing from a monitor with Ben, who winced and cringed.
It cuts to an old woman at home shouting, “HUNT THEM DOWN!” on her TV.
The song Don’t Bring Me Down by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) starts playing. On TV, you see someone wearing a white suit and a white cowboy hat raised their arms as fireworks exploded around the stage.
You see Ben running at the edge of a building.
You then see him getting chased by a large flood.
Ben is now in a sniper scope running. Gun fire explodes around him as he covered his face and ducked down. Another gunman came out from his right to shoot.
“Survive and you walk away with a BILLION new DOLLARS!” the host said.
The rules are not clear to me. ‘Anyone can kill you.’ Does that mean anyone in the world could kill you? You just need to survive for 30 days to win the billion? Or is it only the hired men you saw earlier trying to kill you? Also, unlike the 1987 Running Man, where they built a dome to play the games, it seems the whole world is your arena this time.
It cuts to a guy watching the games on a monitor, “I always thought this was fake.”
It cuts to a casino with Laughlin (Katy O’Brian) who wore the white cowboy hat.
Bang! Bang!
A gunman shot at Laughlin. She fell down one floor and CRASHED onto a casino table.
“Oh Sh**!” the host exclaimed.
“It feels pretty real now,” said the guy from earlier.
“I need weapons, an ID, and a disguise,” Ben said.
It cuts to Ben in a boring haircut, glasses, and a suit. Actor William H. Macy wearing a beanie took his picture. His ID came out of a printer.
That’s a good strategy. Technically, Ben doesn’t need to fight. He just needs to survive 30 days. It cuts to Ben walking around the streets in a disguise.
But then, it cuts back to William H. Macy’s warehouse. “Holy sh**!” Ben said. “Is that C4?”
William H. Macy shook his head, “That’s not for sale.”
So there is also a black market of people trying to help you win the games.
It cuts to a military truck CRASHING THROUGH a wood cabin which EXPLODES into pieces.
It cuts to Ben in another warehouse with ‘a’ (Daniel Ezra). He watched with two small monitors. “Don’t you get it?” ‘a’ said. “This game is rigged.”
That’s why there is a black market. If people think the game is rigged, it justifies them to do illegal things. And in the original novel, the state runs the games.
It cuts to 4 armed men ready to shoot outside an apartment. They knocked at the door. Inside, Ben watched them on a monitor knock on his door. He looks at his door!
Bra-ta-ta-ta-tat!
Bullet holes punctured through his door.
It cuts to the masked man at the apartment hallway pulling out a handgun.
“I got a grenade!,” Ben shouted as he hid in the broken elevator.
He threw the grenade at the masked man who blocked and stepped on it. “Back at you,” he said. He threw the grenade back to Ben who fumbled to catch it like a hot potato.
BOOOOOOOOM!
A large explosion in his apartment. A BLAZE of FIRE covered the screen. But Ben was able to jump off from a window.
This will be a fun action movie. It’s the type of movie I loved as a kid.
It cuts to a random apartment. “You know why they cheer for you down there?” a guy asked Ben.
In a large screen beside a building, the crowd cheered for Ben.
“If you could survive against those goons, so can they?”
This is why people watch game shows and reality shows. They SEE THEMSELVES in the players.
It cuts to Ben in a car with driver Amelia (Emilia Jones).
“Go! Go! Go!” Ben shouted.
Amelia stepped on the pedal. She drives careless, but fast. Oh sh**! It seems the entire military, five or so large trucks, are chasing them. And there are flying drones around them. They look like flying BB-8’s from Star Wars. The drones shoot guns and missiles. One military truck EXPLODED into pieces.
It cuts to Sheila and their baby. “I’m just trying to get back to my family,” Ben said.
It cuts to inside another house.
Beep! Beep! Beep!
“They’re here!” Ben said.
Bra-ta-ta-ta-tat! Bra-ta-ta-ta-tat!
Bullets rained all over the house. Ben ducked down, and so as the other people in the house.
Outside, it seems the entire SWAT team is hunting for Ben.
In the house, Ben sets up Home Alone — style traps. The SWAT got in the house. One of them stepped on a laser sensor.
Beeeeeep!
The table FLIPS onto them. And then, FLAME THROWERS burned their faces as the SWAT team screams in agony.
It cuts to Ben and Dan talking in an office. “I’ll be honest with you,” Dan said, “I can’t just let you win this game.”
It cuts to a LARGE EXPLOSION from a building.
It cuts to Ben and Amelia disheveled and breathing heavily in the car.
“What the F*** is happening?!” Amelia exclaimed.
Ben smiled and faced her, “Welcome to The Running Man!”
It seems like a fun movie. It’s like a summer blockbuster in November — November 7, 2025 to be exact. It’s also a metaphor on how many people feel today. It seems like THE SYSTEM is RIGGED against YOU.
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