Overview
- The film opens widely in the U.S. on Nov. 14 with an R rating and a reported 133-minute runtime as Paramount pushes a premium theatrical rollout.
- Positioned as a faithful re-adaptation of Stephen King’s 1982 novella, the story follows Ben Richards, a working-class father entering a 30‑day televised manhunt in a media-controlled dystopia.
- Most critics commend Wright’s stylistic energy, set pieces, and production design yet describe tonal clashes and softened political satire, with a smaller number offering more positive notices.
- Glen Powell leads a cast that includes Josh Brolin as producer Dan Killian, Colman Domingo as host Bobby T, Lee Pace as hunter McCone, and Michael Cera in a standout sequence, with Jayme Lawson as Richards’s wife.
- Stephen King publicly endorsed the film and compared its energy to Die Hard, and Wright nods to the 1987 Schwarzenegger version with playful Easter eggs while hewing closer to the book.