Photo: Ross Feguson/Paramount/Everett Collection Spoilers ahead for the plot and ending of The Running Man . Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: In a dystopian future, a desperate underclass willingly submits to a dangerous competition where death is all but guaranteed with the event televised as a distraction by autocratic leaders who are siphoning resources from the populace. If I told you this is the plot of a 2025 movie adapted from a novel by Stephen King (writing under the pen name