I'm a huge fan of both the original movie and the book. Agreed, this was utter garbage, leaning closer to Idiocracy than anything else. I expected more from Wright, another great director crumbling under mainstream pressures.
this post was submitted on 19 Jan 2026
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I thought it was a good satire and I had fun. But the first 30/45 minutes of the hero complaining about his sick daughter was annoying.
And ye the guy has no presence but it doesn't matter, it's good entertainment.
I think Glen Powell was miscast for this movie. If you watch Hit Man or Twisters the man can act and does have charisma and screen presence, just in a different way than this movie wanted him to show it as the angriest man alive.
I had fun with the movie but I was hoping it would be better. It had a lot of satire and poking at issues in the current world but never fully delivered on any idea fully.
I didn’t see hitman, but I did see Twisters and naw he dragged that one down too. I also saw him in Everyone Wants Some and he was just as flat in that.
It never even crossed my mind to watch that movie. If you feel the need to cleanse yourself by watching a seriously good adaption of the source material, I can recommend the 1970 German TV movie (which preceded both the Schwarzenegger movie and the King novel upon which it was based):
Very cool, I will check it out.
Started out really good imo but became worse and the end wasn't satisfying. Overall enjoyed it.
Wow.. I found the first hour to be dogshit.
Meh.
Edit: my feelings on the movie, not OPs opinion.
The original Schwarzenegger movie was more entertaining for sure, this was a whole other level of what seemed like AI slop writing
Absolutely on both counts.
Where is Paul Verhoeven when we need him? He would have made an amazing Running Man film.
when it comes to all media I figure if its good enough then I will eventually watch it but if its not talked about down the line then meh. thanks for taking the hit though.
Huh, I loved it. Did you read the book?
Oh such a good movie. Maybe it will help open the eyes of some people that this reality is less than 10 years away.
But it wont.
Is that a Blue Steel?
Thanks for the headsup.
I read the original long before I saw the Arnold movie. Both had a lot to recommend them.