YMMV / The New Gladiators

• Awesome Music: Riz Ortolani's score, particularly the main theme and battle theme, has a grand atmosphere perfectly suited for a low-budget 1980s sci-fi action flick.
• So Okay, It's Average: The general consensus is that the film suffers from some padding but has great action pieces, sets, music, and miniatures.
• Spiritual Successor: To the original novel of The Running Man. Both take place in a dystopian cyberpunk world and feature Condemned Contestants fighting to the death on national television.

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