Starring
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Jim Brown

In a totalitarian American society, Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Ben Richards, a cop who flies his own helicopter gunship and is ordered to fire on citizens who are rioting for food.

When Richards refuses to fire on innocent civilians, he is knocked unconscious, jailed and assigned to a penal colony. When Richards and other inmates escape from the penal colony, TV footage of their escape catches the eye of Damon Killian (Richard Dawson), TV's top superstar and Richards ends up in a gladiatorial TV game show where the contestants win their freedom if they can defeat a barrage of sadistic guest stars.

The support cast includes Maria Conchita Alonso, Jim Brown and Yaphet Kotto with some other interesting choices in Dweezil Zappa, Jesse Ventura and Mick Fleetwood!

Directed by
Paul Michael Glaser