Honestly, although I am a great fan of Yves Boisset's work, filmography, I have never understood why he claimed so loudly that this movie, inspired from a Robert Scheckley's book - written in 1958 - was stolen in terms of script by Paul Michael Glaser's RUNNING MAN (1987), itself inspired by a Stephen King's book - written in 1982. Both are different but very very close stories; very similar. And Robert Scheckley and Stephen King were also rather close concerning the topics they talked about. This Yves Boisset's movie is a violent attack against today modern society, hypocrisy of the world company towards common folks, a violent and brutal depiction of another "Raison d'Etat", which main purpose is to manipulate, use people as simple tools to achieve the huge firms greedy goals. Science fiction, dystopia genre perfectly used by an Yves Boisset in great shape.
Review of The Prize of Peril
