By 2017, the United States had become a totalitarian police state following a worldwide economic collapse. The government pacifies the populace through violent TV shows. The most popular is the broadcast game show The Running Man, in which criminals fight for their lives as "runners" fleeing from armed "stalker" mercenaries to earn a government pardon and tropical vacation.
Captain Ben Richards, a police helicopter pilot, observes an unarmed food riot in Bakersfield, California. He is ordered to open fire on them but refuses and is subdued by his colleagues. The media blames Richards for shooting 60 people and he is sent to a prison labor camp.
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