Last year’s The Running Man with Glen Powell. The original book is one of my favorite stories of all time. The ’87 Schwarzenegger movie was fun, but nothing close to the original. This version was very close to the source material right up to the end, then wasted everything in the last 5 minutes

Spoiler

for a happy ending. Gross.

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I salute you for making it to the end of that movie. I gave up halfway through.

[–] Nusm@peachpie.theatl.social 2 points 3 months ago

Except for a few minor tweaks for 2025, it stayed true to the original source until the end. That’s the movie I wanted to see as opposed to the ‘87 version that just used the name and the general idea, so that kept me engaged. I’ll admit that it did drag in spots because it stayed true to the original story, but that ending, WOOF.