"The task is simple: walk or die."

2025

1h 48m

6.9(1907 votes)

Science Fiction

Thriller

Horror

Overview

In a dystopian 1970s America, fifty teenage boys take part in a deadly annual walking contest, forced to maintain a minimum pace or be executed, until only one survivor remains.

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10 featured cast members

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Cooper Hoffman

Raymond Garraty #47

David Jonsson

Peter McVries #23

Garrett Wareing

Billy Stebbins #38

Ben Wang

Hank Olson #46

Tut Nyuot

Arthur Baker #6

Charlie Plummer

Gary Barkovitch #5

Jordan Gonzalez

Richard Harkness #49

Joshua Odjick

Collie Parker #48

Mark Hamill

The Major

Roman Griffin Davis

Curly #7

Creative team

Directed by: Francis Lawrence
Written by: JT Mollner
Produced by: Roy Lee
Francis Lawrence

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