Bradley Throckmorton quotes from The Running Man (2025)

Bradley Throckmorton

I can get you out of Boston, but it won't be for money.

Stacey Throckmorton

Bro, this dude ain't going nowhere. Goon's got the hood surrounded. Reality.

Bradley Throckmorton

Stop.

Just a little pinch and everything's gonna be okay.

Bradley Throckmorton

You know, you seem like a smart cat. Who made you sign up to be a cog in their propaganda machine?

Ben Richards

I'm just trying to take care of my family. Just like you and your sister.

Ben Richards

You know, my kid was sick. I sent my wife enough to get her well. Now I'm trying to win enough to get them out. She's only two. So if I do my job, she'll never even remember Slumside.

Bradley Throckmorton

Okay, Richards. I can get you past that blockade. But I'm gonna need a couple days to set it up. So hide out here in the meantime. You know, you could go to full 30 if you play smart.

Ben Richards

And what makes you such an expert?

Bradley Throckmorton

Tune in and find out. [Leads Ben to media room] Welcome to the pulpit. [Inserts and plays a tape]

What goes on behind the scenes of the biggest Free-Vee show of all time? Welcome to The Apostle. Episode 30, Real Rules of the Running Man. If you dig, dupe, and distribute. The network has three types for every run. Type 1, Hopeless Dude.

Oh my God.

Hopeless Dude is cursed with a fatal misunderstanding of human nature. He usually lasts less than 48 hours.

Come and get me. Dinner is served, pal. [At door] Oh, damn. [Gets shot by the Hunters]

Pa-pow! That's a takeout!

Ben Richards

Woof.

Oh! He is cooked!

Type 2, Negative Dude. Negative Dude knows he ain't got a chance in hell. He just wants to go out with a bang or two.

Make life greater. Leave a **** crater.

Bro gets smoked by the end of week one cause he buys too much ass and not enough food with his running start. [Negative Dude is cornered by the Hunters in strip club parking lot] A slave to his appetites, he often serves himself up on a plate.

Suck dicks in hell! [Detonates suicide bomb vest]

Final Dude. Final Dude has a fierce will to survive. Yet, he never wins. The network cheats. They can't find anyone anytime. But, if a runner's getting good ratings, let him run. 13 days.

And just like Papa always said, you can try, but you can't catch a ghost.

Oh shit.

The crowd wants blood, and Final Dude becomes a victim of his own success. They might hide from destiny, but they never outrun fate. [Final Dude is finished off in a lumber mill and is ground up in wood chipper]

That's me, McCone! I'm the Running Man! Bi-

Double kill! Rest in pieces!

Evan McCone

That's game.

Ben Richards

Whew. Is that supposed to inspire me?

Bradley Throckmorton

Oh, come on, man! Don't you get it? After that escape tonight, live, prime time, you... you are... [rewinds tape to shot of Final Dude and points to Ben] Final Dude. And they're gonna squeeze every last drop of ratings out of your ass, so you got at least until Negative Dude flames out to get somewhere safe. Which gives us enough time to set you up for the biggest underdog win in game show history.

Ben Richards

So where the hell's safe?

Bradley Throckmorton

I'm working on it.

Ben Richards

So how does a five year old get lung cancer?

Bradley Throckmorton

Radioactive dust. From the Rhode Island explosion.

Ben Richards

Never heard about that.

Bradley Throckmorton

Yeah, you never heard of it because the network owns the news. Just like they own that munitions factory. Just like they own the government. So why bother complying with safety regs, right? That's how June got sick.