Edgar Wright takes on Stephen King’s brutal 1982 novel (written under his Richard Bachman pseudonym) and delivers a hyper-kinetic, grimly satirical chase movie that finally does the source material justice. Glenn Powell stars as Ben Richards, a framed everyman forced into America’s favourite blood-sport: survive 30 days on the run while corporate killers hunt you live on air. Lee Pace is deliciously vile as the ratings-obsessed host Damon Killian, backed by Michael Cera, Colman Domingo, Josh Brolin and a perfectly cast supporting ensemble.We break down how Wright’s trademark visual flair and breakneck editing turn a desperate urban sprint into something genuinely exhilarating, why this wipes the floor with the 1987 Arnie version, how scarily plausible its media-manipulation nightmare feels in the age of deepfakes and 24-hour outrage cycles, and whether the slower mid-section kills the momentum or deepens the stakes.Rogue Reviews is produced by Urban Podcasts.Recorded on the 25 November 2025 © Rogue Reviews.

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