Paul Michael Glaser | 97 mins | TV | 1.85:1 | USA / English | 18 / R
25 years before Jennifer Lawrence had to fight for her life on TV, Arnie had to do the same.
In an ever-so-’80s vision of the future (my God, those costumes!), Arnie’s wrongfully-convicted fugitive ends up on TV’s most popular show, where criminals fight for their freedom against a variety of imposing opponents. Secretly, he’s there to try to overthrow the corrupt regime.
The implications of the central concept have been explored better several times since, but, despite dated design, the solid direction from Starsky (yes, as in and Hutch) ensures this is an entertaining SF action movie for genre fans.
In the interests of completing my ever-growing backlog, I decided to post ‘drabble reviews’ of some films. For those unfamiliar with the concept, a drabble is a complete piece of writing exactly 100 words long. You’ve just read one.
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This was pretty fun, though they had some ideas that the movie could have explored on. Good review.
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Thanks. I think you’re right that it isn’t all it could be, but as Arnie actioners go it’s an enjoyable one.
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Reblogged this on When Wrestlers Act.
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Nice little review. I could only stretch to a 2/5. I really liked Richard Dawson as Killian, but they didn’t serve the idea as well as they could. It got too bogged down with being an Arnold Schwarzenegger action vehicle.
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Thanks. I do agree, it’s aimed far more at Arnie’s fans than viewers interested in the story’s ideas.
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