Culture Pick | ‘The Running Man’ doesn’t come close to its potential

Culture Pick | ‘The Running Man’ doesn’t come close to its potential

Director Edgar Wright teaming up with A-list stars like Glen Powell and Josh Brolin to adapt a Stephen King action novel sounds like a dream come true for movie lovers, but instead, “The Running Man” more closely resembles a nightmare. The story follows working-class man Ben Richards, played by Powell, as he enters the deadly competition show, “The Running Man,” in order to pay for his sick daughter’s treatment. He must evade a group of hunters …