在这部过关斩将动作/科幻/惊悚片中,该片延续了施瓦辛格一贯的英雄风格。在2019年，美国已经成为了一个独裁国家，在这里，不容许有不同的声音出现。本（阿诺•施瓦辛格 Arnold Schwarzenegger 饰）是一名警察，因对当局的命令不满，拒不执行命令而被判有罪遭到逮捕。
现在只有一个机会能让本重获自由，那就是参加电视台的“过关斩将”节目并最终获胜。这个节目肆意歪曲事实，误导观众，节目里的有识之士被扭曲形象，遭到杀害。本千辛万苦从电视台逃出来后，联合了一班正义之士，准备杀回电视台拆穿这个节目的骗局！
In the year 2017, the world economy has collapsed. The great freedoms of the United States are no longer, as the once great nation has sealed off its borders and become a militarized police state, censoring all film, art, literature, and communications. Even so, a small resistance force led by two revolutionaries manages to fight the oppression. With full control over the media, the government attempts to quell the nation's yearning for freedom by broadcasting a number of game shows on which convicted criminals fight for their lives. The most popular and sadistic of these programs is "The Running Man," hosted by Damon Killian. When a peaceful protest of starving citizens gathers in Bakersfield, California, a police officer named Ben Richards is ordered to fire on the crowd, which he refuses to do. Subdued by the other officers, the attack is carried out, and Richards is framed for the murder of almost a hundred unarmed civilians. Following a daring jail break months later, Richards is captured once again and forced to appear on "The Running Man" with three other convicts. With their help, he fights his way through a cadre of sadistic gladiators hunting them down through the ruins of a Los Angeles earthquake, but not promising Killian that he'll return to settle the score when the show's host double-crosses him. In the meantime, the contestants must search through the ruins for the resistance in the hopes of finally broadcasting the truth about the government.
至少小岛秀夫是很喜欢这部电影的。过关斩将。非公平竞技节目的鼻祖?。《过关斩将》。感受。镜子。
