Movie

The Runner

2026 • PG-13

Maia Marten, a brilliant London lawyer, has her life shattered by a single call on her morning run: her son has been taken. To get him back, she must keep running, obey every ruthless command, and trust no one-each second a test of how far a mother will go to save her child.

Content advisory

LGBTQ+ Characters/Relationships

Unrated

Language

moderate — Dialogue includes a total of 23 profanities with some strong language such as 'fuck' (2 times), 'prick', and multiple uses of 'shit', 'bitch', and 'bloody'. The strong profanity is infrequent but present.

Mature Themes

moderate — Themes include child endangerment, kidnapping, coercion under threat of death, complex family trauma involving a murdered father and an abusive mother, and moral dilemmas about killing to save a child.

Scary/Intense Content

moderate — There are sustained moments of intense peril and tension, including a child kidnapped and placed in a diabetic coma, stalking by a threatening caller, a bomb threat at a hotel, and chase sequences involving police and underground tunnels.

Sexual Content & Nudity

none — No sexual activity or nudity is reported in the available source material.

Substance Use

none — There are references to a diabetic son's insulin pump and medication (glucagon), but no depiction of alcohol, smoking, or drug use.

Violence & Gore

moderate — Several violent scenes occur including a character being shot multiple times with a gun, a character struck by a car and shown briefly in an ambulance, and a tense confrontation involving threats with a gun. The violence is realistic but not excessively graphic.