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[Movie] The Running Man
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Cyberpunk is a science-fiction sub-genre dealing with the integration of society and technology in dystopian settings. Often referred to as “low-life and high tech,” Cyberpunk stories deal with outsiders (punks) who fight against the oppressors in society (usually mega corporations that control everything) via technological means (cyber). If the punks aren’t actively fighting against a megacorp, they’re still dealing with living in a world completely dependent on high technology.
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The Stephen King novel that this is based on is one of his best stories, IMHO. It's way less "action movie" and more focused on the dystopian society. A sub-plot involves dispossessed youths who are teaching themselves about technology, but there's no cyberspace involved. If you read it, skip King's introduction, there's a major spoiler there.
I remember two things about it. One was that they did a 9/11, and the other was that King wrote it under a pen name, Richard Bachman, under which he also wrote a book called, "Rage", about a school shooter, which he eventually pulled from publishing because it appeared to have been read by a fair amount of school shooters and he didn't want to inspire any more.