The Running Man

People come out onto their lawns to watch Ben and Amelia pass. Amelia insists that the cops hadn’t meant to shoot the windshield. She can’t believe that they would risk shooting at her car if they had known she was driving. Ben says they’d be happy to see them both die. They stop at a roadblock in front of a growing crowd. Other cars and vans block them in front and behind.

The crowd is restless. Someone throws a rock that hits a cop’s windshield. As the cops shout for the crowd to disperse, a boy hits another cop with another stone. The crowd instantly starts fighting anyone within arm’s reach. Ben sees that the poor people—his people—are on one side of the street, and the rich on the other. There is a literal division of the classes.

After making it through the riot and the roadblock, Ben and Amelia drive for another hour. On the way to Derry, Ben sees military tanks. He knows the Network will blow him up if they can do it without a public relations disaster. Amelia, terrified, keeps repeating that she wants to get high.