Every Arnold Schwarzenegger Movie Ranked Worst To Best

As sci-fi satire, Paul Michael Glaser's The Running Man is weirdly prescient. As a colourfully pulpy action romp, it succeeds ten-fold.

Set in the near-future where the United States has elected an authoritarian and fascist government, The Running Man sees Schwarzenegger as Captain Ben Richards, a helicopter pilot who attempts to prevent a police-sanctioned massacre of civilians and is thusly accused of their killings as the authorities attempt a cover-up. In this future, though, criminals are entered into the Running Man competition, a televised, Gladiators-inspired bloodsport TV show that usually results in their execution.

Richards' name may not be Schwarzenegger's most memorable, but the iconography of The Running Man - specifically the actor in that yellow, quilted jumpsuit - is among the more striking in his filmography. It also doubles as a strong Stephen King adaptation, which is a neat little bonus too.