Actor/Actress: Arnold Schwarzenegger , Richard Dawson , Maria Conchita Alonso
Director: Paul Michael Glaser
Year: 1987
Runtime: 101
Rating: Not Rated
Language: Closed Captioned: English
Color: Y
Closed Captioned: Y
UPC: 017153584127
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Set in 2019, an ex-cop framed and convicted of mass slaughter, becomes a contestant on the most popular game show in which convicted felons race for their lives in decimated L.A. in hopes of a pardon. Adapted from a Stephen King novel.
In the 21st Century, the government frames a good cop for a bloody massacre. The authorities take him into custody and then give him an option: he can spend the rest of his life in jail or participate in a "gladiator" type television show that usually culminates with the death of the protagonist. The wronged cop agrees to the challenge, teaming up with a pair of revolutionaries and an innocent young woman to survive the game and overthrow the corrupt system.