The Running Man (2025)

What earned the score

• DEI Race Swap

  In the 2025 film adaptation of The Running Man, Ben Richards' wife Sheila and their infant daughter are portrayed as black, whereas in Stephen King's original novel, both the lead character and his wife were white, as was their daughter.

• Anti-Capitalist Indictment

  The narrative expands into broader indictments of inequality, touting ideals like fair wages, universal healthcare, decent housing, labor rights, and corporate accountability, while critiquing the existing Western socioeconomic order.

• American Dream Sham

  The narrative depicts the American Dream as crumbling into a visible sham, with citizens queuing endlessly for scraps and fearing poverty, critiquing core Western ideals of opportunity and prosperity.

Details

Desperate to save his sick daughter, working-class Ben Richards is convinced by The Running Man's charming but ruthless producer to enter the deadly competition game as a last resort. But Ben's defiance, instincts, and grit turn him into an unexpected fan favorite - and a threat to the entire system. As ratings skyrocket, so does the danger, and Ben must outwit not just the Hunters, but a nation addicted to watching him fall.

Starring

Glen PowellJosh BrolinMichael CeraColman DomingoLee Pace

Director

Edgar Wright

Writer

Edgar WrightMichael BacallStephen King

Genre

ActionThrillerScience Fiction

Release Date

Nov 14, 2025

Parents Guide

• Sex Mild

  Nude Male wraps towel around his hand and bare buttocks visible.

  Naked females are shown in bed together in a sexual context with nudity 'comedically' censored.

  Strip Club scene with heavily scantly clad female pole erotica & buttocks nudity in a thong.

• Violence Severe

  Multiple people are electrocuted.

  Many gunshots and gunshot wounds.

  Someone is shot in the head and the blood stains the window.

  R-rated reason includes strong violence and some gore.

  The most graphic bits of the movie are shown on TV screens within videos some characters watch. It's small but easy to make out, however nothing too severe and the rest of the movie is fairly tame.

  One guy was shown to clutch his stomach and then proceed to vomit.

• Profanity Moderate

  Around 30 uses of the F word and near the same of s**t.

  Mild terms like ass, b**ch, b**tard, godd**n and d**k are used a few to several times.

  Lots of middle finger gestures.

• Drugs Mild

  Characters drink alcohol. Main character lights up blunt.

  Lights up a blunt/"doobie"

• Frightening Scenes Moderate

  The films overall tone is extremely dark.

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