In this action thriller based on an early story by Stephen King, Los Angeles in the year 2017 has become a police state in the wake of the global economy's total collapse. All forms of entertainment are government controlled, and the most popular show on television is an elaborate game show in which convicted criminals are given a chance to escape by running through a gauntlet of brutal killers known as "Stalkers." Anyone who survives is given their freedom and a condominium in Hawaii, so when a wrongly accused citizen (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is chosen as a contestant, all hell breaks loose. Cheesy sets and a slimy role for game-show host Richard Dawson make this violent mess of mayhem a candidate for guilty pleasure; it is the kind of movie that truly devoted Arnold fans will want to watch more than once. And check those credits--choreography by Paula Abdul!
Directed by: Paul Michael Glaser Written by: Steven E. De Souza Produced by: Keith Barish, Rob Cohen, George Linder, Tim Zinnemann Original music by: Harold Faltermeyer
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger .... Ben Richards Maria Conchita Alonso .... Amber Mendez Yaphet Kotto .... Laughlin Jim Brown .... Fireball Jesse Ventura .... Captain Freedom Erland Van Lindth .... Dynamo Marvin J. McIntyre .... Weiss Gus Rethwisch .... Buzzsaw Professor Toru Tanaka .... Subzero Mick Fleetwood .... Mic Dweezil Zappa .... Stevie Richard Dawson .... Damon Killian Karen Leigh Hopkins .... Brenda Sven-Ole Thorsen .... Sven Edward Bunker .... Lenny
