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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2025 7:21 pm
Edgar Wright adapted Stephen King's The Running Man, the most recent life-or-death competition movie that puts its lead characters up against impossible odds. Of course, The Running Man was previously made in the 1980s, and it wasn't even the earliest of these competition movies, as they go back to the start of cinema.
Source: https://screenrant.com/best-movies-life ... petitions/