Overview
- The film opens in U.S. theaters with Edgar Wright directing and co-writing a new adaptation starring Glen Powell for Paramount.
- Reviewers widely praise the kinetic set pieces, vivid world-building and Powell’s charismatic lead performance.
- Critics frequently point to tonal unevenness, thinly sketched supporting characters and a finale that feels softened compared with the source novel.
- Stephen King read the screenplay in advance and has publicly said he likes the film’s changed ending.
- The movie nods to the 1987 Schwarzenegger version with Easter eggs and recreated moments, while foregrounding themes of surveillance, media manipulation and corporate power.