Spoiler Alert – This post will talk about The Running Man (2025) and it WILL contain spoilers. If you haven’t yet watched this action-packed remake, you might wish to skip this post.
The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I enjoyed The Running Man (2025). It is a one watch only movie for us but it was entertaining and I liked the updates made to the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger version.
One update that I really WISH they would have made was creating more room for at least one positive female-facing character.
Three of the four main female characters were…awful.
The female contestant was a terrible person, glorifying wealth and putting the people around her in danger. The mom of the helper was a bloodthirsty cruel being. The reluctant helper was the cliché shallow Kardashian-watching type of female whom the hero had to convince to do the right thing.
The fourth main female character, the wife, was missing in action. The love of her life, the father of their child, was in serious danger and she…did nothing. Nothing to help him. Sure, she cared for their child. But otherwise, she remained in hiding (that SHE didn’t even arrange to do) and, basically, went on with her life.
That’s some cold sh*t right there. She is definitely not a romance novel love interest. (shakes head)
And this was definitely a movie produced by men for men.
