it. I even won 500 bucks.
You lucky bastard.
Work crew coming through.
Prisoner transfer to post.
Okay. Hang on.
Lenny, this is the East Perimeter.
Fresh meat just got here.
Shut down the deadline.
Affirmative. Shutting down now.
Stand clear.
Access code pending.
Verified. Perimeter deactivated.
Sonic deadline is down.
- Sonic deadline is down.
- Okay, assholes, move it. Move it.
Let's go. Let's go!
Get out the lead or lose your head.
Come on!
East Perimeter here.
New prisoners are all in compound.
We're clear.
Affirmative. Activating deadline.
What are you looking at? Get out of here.
Sonic deadline is up. Sonic deadline is up.
Prisoner restraint collars armed.
Prisoner restraint collars armed.
Give you a lift?
No, no!
- Get it open.
- I got it. I got it.
- Repeat the code.
- I did. 653...
Shit! It's not working.
- You're a hell of an actor, Laughlin.
- Who was acting?
Well, you're still alive, aren't you?
- Repeat that code.
- Okay.
Weiss, what's the holdup? Come on!
The linking computer's denying the code.
It must be the walls in here
blocking the signal.
- It's not happening.
- Then we try it outside. Move!
Hurry up! Let's go! Come on!
Get out of the way. Move!
Open the gates! Open the gates!
Go ahead! Do it!
Shut off the deadline
or we all lose our heads!
The system's locked.
Must be an encryption lockout.
Damn!
Perimeter deactivated.
Perimeter deactivated.
- All right! All right!
- Sonic deadline is down.
- Prisoner restraint collars disarmed.
- Chico! Amigo!
Chico! Come back! The deadline's still up.
He's not going to make it.
That collar's going to blow.
Sonic deadline is up.
Chico!
Prisoner restraint collars armed.
No, Chico!
Sonic deadline is up. Sonic deadline is up.
Prisoner restraint collars armed.
Prisoner restraint collars armed.
Sonic deadline is up. Sonic deadline is up.
Prisoner restraint collars armed.
Prisoner restraint collars armed.
Perimeter deactivated.
Perimeter deactivated.
Perimeter deactivated.
Perimeter deactivated.
Please observe and obey.
Zone passes are required at all times.
Display passes properly.
All inter-zone workers with day passes are
reminded that curfew begins at midnight.
Anyone without a valid zone card after
midnight will be permanently detained.
Cadre kids, don't forget,
October is bonus recruitment month.
Earn a double bonus
for reporting a family member.
ICS, your entertainment
and information network,
reminds you seeing is believing.
What's the number one television show
in the whole wide world?
- The Running Man!
- Yes!
Yes, it's The Running Man.
Four hundred square blocks of danger,
destruction, demolition, and...
You guys want to buy a hot stereo?
- Stevie.
- Laughlin. Glad you guys made it.
...unstoppable network stalkers
give criminals,
traitors and enemies of the state
exactly what they deserve.
Sundays, 8:00 to 11:00,
on ICS Channel One. Be there!
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The Running Man,
America's favorite game show.
A child, your child, happy, loving, caring...
Can you believe this shit?
Twenty-four hours a day.
- Seven days a week.
- Don't listen to it.
I worry about the kids.
The network shuts down the schools.
The kids are either in hiding
or getting basic training,
brainwashed by the TV.
We can jam the network
once we find the uplink to the satellite.
Then we'll broadcast the truth.
Truth? Hasn't been very popular lately.
Can't find the code or the uplink.
Don't know where the network
hid something that big, but they managed.
Stevie, would you mind?
Goodbye, my lovely.
You're one of the cops
who locked up all my friends,
burned my songs.
People like you took this country
and turned it into a jail.
- We don't want his death on our hands.
- He's a cop.
- He's the Butcher of Bakersfield.
- Come on, Mic.
You can see through that crap.
It's network propaganda.
We don't