What The Rip does so well, and where plenty of modern action films fall short, is that it douses the movie in so much character, a sniffer dog would blow its balls off.

Run, don’t walk, to see the latest Stephen King adaptation on the big screen. While it may fall ever so slightly short of Wright’s sharp, satirical best, The Running Man remains one of the action highlights of 2025, with plenty to say about modern society and the dark hole we risk tumbling down. Much like Squid Game, The Hunger Games, and even The Long Walk, the concept of entertainment-as-control should serve as a stark warning to us all.

Roofman will make you laugh, make you gasp, and it just might make you cry, too.