In a crumbling dystopian America of 2025, desperate Ben Richards enters a deadly reality show where contestants are hunted for sport by the public for cash prizes.
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In a crumbling dystopian America of 2025, desperate Ben Richards enters a deadly reality show where contestants are hunted for sport by the public for cash prizes.
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The Running Man is a dystopian thriller novel by American writer Stephen King, first published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman in 1982 as a paperback original. It was collected in 1985 in the omnibus The Bachman Books. The novel is set in a dystopian United States during the year 2025, in which the nation's economy is in ruins and world violence is rising.The story follows protagonist Ben Richards as he participates in the reality show The Running Man in which contestants, allowed to go ...
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Sexual content
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Brief scenes of sexual harassment and encounters; mostly fade-to-black with some explicit references.
Violence & gore
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Pervasive graphic violence including shootings, stabbings, explosions, and gore; central to the plot with frequent brutal deaths.
Profanity
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Frequent strong profanity, including racial slurs and crude language throughout dialogue and narration.
Substance use
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Recurring depictions of drug use like marijuana for escapism; portrayed cautionarily in a polluted, addictive society.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQIA+ representation present.
Religious content
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No religious themes present.
Witchcraft / occult
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No witchcraft or occult elements.
Political content
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Central themes of media manipulation, class divide, societal inequality, and government oppression in a dystopian setting.
Self-harm / suicide
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Brief implication of suicidal act in the climax; not detailed or central.
Sexual assault
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Instances of sexual harassment and assault threats; recurring but not graphic or dominant.
Abuse & suffering
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Depictions of systemic poverty, child death, domestic struggles, and societal cruelty; frequent in the dystopian world.
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