[theDentist]

Wasn't there some movie with this same concept? A prison where every prisoner wears an explosive collar, along with another. No one knows who his partner is, and they can't be any more than 300 feet away from each other or else both collars explode.

[ambrose]

Wasn't there some movie with this same concept? A prison where every prisoner wears an explosive collar, along with another.

The Running Man.

[seamus]

Wasn't there some movie with this same concept?

Yes. I believe that was in Arnold's epic "The Running Man." If you ran past the electronic gates, the countdown would begin and your head would blow off.

[blackdog]

Think about this.......My invisible fence for my dog/s uses a radio signal sent to a collar reciever. If the collar goes beyond a certain boundry, a high voltage shock(several thousand volts) is sent to the dog's flesh.

That same voltage could be wired to a detonator for another ten cents of wire and a penny's worth of solder. Evil knows no boundries.

[Lazamataz]

Wasn't there some movie with this same concept? A prison where every prisoner wears an explosive collar, along with another. No one knows who his partner is, and they can't be any more than 300 feet away from each other or else both collars explode.

Well, hopefully no one will be forced to rob a bank because of the Big Bouncing Ball on the British series "The Prisoner".

[mhking]

Wasn't there some movie with this same concept?

It's an overused plot device. "Running Man" used it; Rutger Hauer dealt with it in "Wedlock" (forgettable flick, don't bother); it's been done in others as well.

[Paradox]

Wasn't there some movie with this same concept? A prison where every prisoner wears an explosive collar, along with another. No one knows who his partner is, and they can't be any more than 300 feet away from each other or else both collars explode.

I dont recall the exact details of The Running Man collars, but I do remember watching some other cheesy sci-fi movie, with the pair of prisoners escaping and running around. It was a guy (a regular on cheeseball sci-fi) and a woman (pretty attractive I think).. one great scene was when she managed to get on a bus, but the bus pulled away from the stop, so the guy has to chase the bus down to the next stop, so as not to break the 300 foot limit...

[MattAMiller]

A couple of people have said "Running Man" but I think the movie your thinking of is "Wedlock." It's a cheesy made-for-TV movie that they show on the Sci-Fi Channel from time to time.

[RogueIsland]

A prison where every prisoner wears an explosive collar, along with another. No one knows who his partner is, and they can't be any more than 300 feet away from each other or else both collars explode.

Others have said Running Man, but I believe you may be referring to Wedlock (1991) with Rutger Hauer and Mimi Rogers. From IMDB:

"This movie is about a prison, where the prisoners get a special collar. They are "linked" with another prisoner (but don't know which one). If they try to escape, and are too far away from each other, the collars explodes"

[Alouette]

Wasn't there some movie with this same concept?

"Wild, Wild West" with Will Smith and Kevin Kline.

[Myrddin]

The first movie I recall with this theme was "Wedlock (1991)" with Rutger Hauer and Mimi Rodgers. The Wedlock collars required the pair to remain within a specified distance. The version used in "Running Man" used a proximity detector in the collar to prevent leaving a wired perimeter.

[A Broken Glass Republican]

Yes, and ironically enough, Arnold stared in it. (They also had a perimeter you couldn't cross without it going off).

[Ghengis]

Wasn't there some movie with this same concept? A prison where every prisoner wears an explosive collar, along with another. No one knows who his partner is, and they can't be any more than 300 feet away from each other or else both collars explode.
Deadlock with Rutger Hauer and Mimi Rogers. Played on HBO in the early 1990s.