Damon Killian

Damon Killian is the host for the game show The Running Man.

novel
The show deems the runner as an enemy of the state, and allows him to go anywhere in the world. He is given a twelve hour head start before an elite group of hunters set out to kill him. The objective is to stay alive for thirty days.

film
The show is portrayed as a gladiator-style competition that takes place in a section of Los Angeles ravaged by an earthquake in 1997, where several "runners" attempt to survive while being chased by "stalkers" for cash and prizes. These stalkers are large and strong men with ornate weaponry, costumes, and nicknames. Subzero ice-skates and slashes his victims to pieces with a modified and razor-sharp hockey stick on a hockey rink surrounded with razor wire, Dynamo sings opera and shoots lightning, Fireball has a flamethrower and a jetpack, and Buzzsaw has a titanium steel chainsaw that can cut through steel.