The Ben Shapiro Show - September 17, 2026


Thanks To The Haters, Our Movie Is A Hit

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00:00:00.000 Variety hates it.
00:00:01.000 Slate calls it deranged and disturbing.
00:00:04.000 Thanks for the compliments, guys. 0.94
00:00:06.000 They're talking about our brand new hit movie, Run, Hide, Fight, Infidels. 0.98
00:00:09.000 It's making waves in the media and in the political discourse as well. 0.97
00:00:12.000 We'll get to the absurd, hilarious, and telling reactions in just a moment.
00:00:15.000 This is The Ben Shapiro Show. 0.97
00:00:23.000 So, Run, Hide, Fight, Infidels, it's out. 1.00
00:00:25.000 People are loving it. 1.00
00:00:26.000 They're enjoying it.
00:00:27.000 They're laughing at it.
00:00:28.000 They're finding it to say the things that it should say.
00:00:31.000 It is a massive hit for us.
00:00:32.000 So, the original Run, Hide, Fight. Was easily for Daily Wire our most successful entertainment release ever.
00:00:38.000 We are currently doubling those numbers in terms of subscriptions on day one.
00:00:44.000 I think it's safe to say it's the fastest growing, allegedly Islamophobic movie of all time. 0.72
00:00:49.000 So thanks to all of you who are subscribing and watching.
00:00:51.000 Please keep telling your friends who can keep making awesome content.
00:00:54.000 There is more to come.
00:00:55.000 And the Legacy Media reviewers are super duper, duper mad about it like, really mad.
00:01:02.000 So, Variety headline Run, hide, fight, infidels review.
00:01:05.000 Jonathan Major scrapes.
00:01:07.000 The barrel in this Islamophobic drivel by Todd Gilchrist.
00:01:11.000 He says, Kyle Rankin follows up his 2020 school shooter thriller Run Hide Fight with an anti liberal standalone sequel that, thanks to distributor Daily Wire, will find exactly the audience it seeks.
00:01:19.000 Oh, no, not the audience it seeks.
00:01:21.000 So here is what this reviewer writes in Variety.
00:01:26.000 Unsurprisingly, Rankin's depiction of Muslims is deeply Islamophobic.
00:01:31.000 The depiction of Muslims in the movie is as members of ISIS.
00:01:36.000 Now, maybe you might think it's Islamophobic to depict ISIS members as members of ISIS. 0.91
00:01:41.000 I think that's just called realism.
00:01:43.000 Just like if you depicted Nazis on screen as actual Nazis, that might be anti Nazi. 0.73
00:01:50.000 So he continues. 0.84
00:01:52.000 Sue Obeidy, senior vice president for the Muslim Public Affairs Council Hollywood Bureau, has rightly called the film more ridiculous than it is offensive. 0.78
00:01:59.000 Now, I should at this point point out what MPAC is, right? 0.79
00:02:03.000 That's the Muslim Public Affairs Council.
00:02:06.000 So Democratic Congressman Brad Sherman, again, he's a Democrat.
00:02:09.000 He was protested some years back by MPAC.
00:02:12.000 Because he was investigating terror ties for some organizations.
00:02:16.000 And so he put out the following statement about the Muslim Public Affairs Council.
00:02:21.000 Remember, these are the people saying that we're Islamophobic for making run, hide, fight infidels.
00:02:24.000 Quote, Mahar Hathout is a senior advisor and one of the founders of MPAC.
00:02:29.000 His brother, Hassan Hathout, served as MPAC's president.
00:02:32.000 In the About the Brothers section of his book, Hassan Hathout is described as a close disciple of the late Hassan Albana of Egypt.
00:02:38.000 That would be the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood.
00:02:40.000 Mahar Hathout has praised Hassan Al Turabi as a reformist working for peace and justice for all.
00:02:45.000 Hassan al-Tarabi was head of the Sudan National Islamic Front, which the U.S. government condemned for supporting terrorism and for launching a genocidal war in southern Sudan.
00:02:53.000 Al-Tarabi has been described as the power behind the throne in Sudan during the 90s, as leader of the NIF and as speaker of the National Assembly.
00:02:59.000 Tarabi even gave Osama bin Laden sanctuary in Sudan.
00:03:03.000 Maher Hathout, again, this is a senior advisor and one of the founders of MPAC, asserted that Hezbollah is fighting for freedom.
00:03:08.000 Hezbollah is Lebanese terror group backed by Iran, and that the organization is a very American organization.
00:03:15.000 Kizboa is a terrorist organization.
00:03:16.000 So we're being called Islamophobic by people whose founders were pretty heavily associated with the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood. 0.72
00:03:26.000 I don't know, man.
00:03:27.000 I don't know.
00:03:29.000 Variety, of course, this is what they do.
00:03:31.000 They rip the quality of the film because they don't like the politics of the film. 0.96
00:03:34.000 Remember, these same schmucks wanted to give one battle after another, the absolutely atrocious, atrocious Leonardo DiCaprio film, best picture, one battle after another. 0.98
00:03:48.000 It is a movie. 0.99
00:03:49.000 In which radical leftists blow away federal agents. 0.95
00:03:55.000 Radical leftists who engage in random sex acts with both cops and other radical leftists and engage in illegal immigrant smuggling rings and blow away federal agents. 0.98
00:04:07.000 That is, and the people who secretly run society in that movie, by the way, are white supremacists. 0.97
00:04:11.000 That they thought was politically sophisticated.
00:04:13.000 So I don't know.
00:04:14.000 I don't know, man. 1.00
00:04:16.000 If you're going to talk about one battle after another being just a masterpiece, but you don't like the quality of run, hide, fight infidels because of the politics, and you say it's too simplistic. 0.95
00:04:26.000 It's an action movie. 0.99
00:04:28.000 It's an action movie.
00:04:29.000 We'll get to more on this in a moment.
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00:06:38.000 Back to that variety review quote. 0.99
00:06:40.000 The whole movie is like that, not smart enough to actually explore the viewpoints or value systems of either Muslims or liberals, much less where they come from.
00:06:47.000 Oh, you wanted a deep exploration of the nature of Islam and also liberal takes on it in an action movie, because that's what action movies are known for deep, politically nuanced conversations. 0.77
00:07:05.000 Instead, the filmmaker becomes a megaphone for his producer.
00:07:08.000 Right wing commentator Ben Shapiro, ah, I'm the ghost in the machine, whose debate style tends to involve steamrolling his opponent with straw man arguments and acting surprised when they become exasperated.
00:07:16.000 Again, I love when people say that.
00:07:18.000 It's all about just the steamrolling straw man arguments.
00:07:22.000 Okay, man.
00:07:23.000 All right.
00:07:24.000 Yeah.
00:07:25.000 Come at me, bro.
00:07:26.000 Rather than making a satirical point about liberal overreach, according to Variety, the movie argues that all this empathy for other people, including for the indigenous tribes whose land was seized on behalf of the school or Palestinians trying to hold on to theirs, is a purely oppressive force.
00:07:40.000 Oh, you're letting the game show, my dude.
00:07:43.000 You're letting it show.
00:07:45.000 You're supposed to oppose the movie because it's bad, right?
00:07:47.000 I mean, you're saying it's a bad movie.
00:07:48.000 But what you actually think, what you actually think is that all the people who are doing the land acknowledgments are just motivated by pure empathy.
00:07:57.000 That all the people siding with Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip, that all those people are just about the empathy for Palestinians trying to hold on to their land because they're good people. 1.00
00:08:07.000 And if we paint those protesters as stupid, which they are, and uninformed, which they are, and useful idiots, which they are, that's bad. 1.00
00:08:16.000 That's wrong. 1.00
00:08:19.000 He's very upset, the reviewer, Todd Gilchrist.
00:08:22.000 He's very upset that the portrayal of the protesters is in direct opposition to the uncomplicated common sense decisions made by Ben Laiksanders, who have faced America's real enemies.
00:08:30.000 Yeah, yeah, correct.
00:08:33.000 True.
00:08:34.000 When Kyle wrote the script, he made the American heroes American heroes who make good, justifiable common sense decisions.
00:08:42.000 Are you contemptuous?
00:08:43.000 It's really great.
00:08:43.000 This is my favorite line of the review.
00:08:44.000 Are you contemptuous of radical leftists who believe that others should be treated with decency, care, and respect?
00:08:49.000 Yeah, that's the issue.
00:08:50.000 Radical leftists who believe that others should be treated with decency, care, and respect.
00:08:53.000 That's what they're about.
00:08:54.000 The radical leftists who have been, you know, destroying American college campuses and attacking Jews and blocking the quad and trespassing.
00:09:03.000 They are just such awesome people.
00:09:05.000 How could we make a movie about them not being awesome people?
00:09:07.000 That's what the movie should have been. 0.99
00:09:09.000 It should have been called Hug, Kiss, Massage, Infidels. 0.98
00:09:15.000 That's what it should have been, according to Variety. 0.97
00:09:18.000 Quote Are you contemptuous of radical leftists who believe that others should be treated with decency, care, and respect?
00:09:22.000 If so, this is the film for you.
00:09:26.000 Otherwise, there are dozens of much safer spaces to occupy, whether you're a bleeding heart liberal or just a moviegoer with even slightly discriminating tastes.
00:09:33.000 Okay, thanks, Variety.
00:09:34.000 Honestly, like, we appreciate it.
00:09:37.000 We do.
00:09:38.000 Your poll quotes may, they certainly will, make our next trailer.
00:09:43.000 And then Slate has its own take.
00:09:45.000 So Slate has a piece out written by one Rebecca Onion.
00:09:49.000 Her sister, Sarah Turnip, was unavailable.
00:09:52.000 And the piece is titled Ben Shapiro's Company Made a Die Hard Style Movie About College Israel Protests.
00:09:57.000 It's every bit as deranged as you might think.
00:10:00.000 The objection that this reviewer, Rebecca Onion, has, Miss Onion, she is upset that we portray ISIS like ISIS.
00:10:08.000 This is a problem, according to her.
00:10:10.000 ISIS must instead be portrayed as kind hearted, gentle people who have a legitimate grievance against the United States.
00:10:15.000 Quote Run I'd Fight Infills, like its predecessor, amps up the body count for drama, depicting an attack on a scale beyond anything that's ever happened on a real American college campus.
00:10:23.000 Yeah, you know, I mean, did you know?
00:10:26.000 Did you know?
00:10:29.000 Fictional movies.
00:10:30.000 Are fictional.
00:10:32.000 Did you know that?
00:10:32.000 Were you aware of that?
00:10:34.000 Did you know that it's not a documentary?
00:10:37.000 And also, lest you believe that the scale of carnage in Run, Hide, Fight, Infidels is totally unprecedented, I would point you to the Bataclan attack in Spain or perhaps October 7th, which resulted in the murder of 1,200 people. 0.74
00:10:50.000 Also, in September, like there have been some pretty large terrorist attacks on Western soil. 0.97
00:10:56.000 That sort of stuff has happened before.
00:10:59.000 Okay, but again, we're bad because we didn't put it in perspective, right?
00:11:03.000 If we want. 0.57
00:11:04.000 We should have made a movie about a white supremacist doing this.
00:11:06.000 That's clearly what all these people are saying. 0.99
00:11:08.000 Quote There is a feeling of evil glee to the carnage wrought in infidels that goes beyond anything you see in the first run-hide fight. 1.00
00:11:17.000 Evil glee, right? 1.00
00:11:18.000 We have evil glee in portraying what would happen if ISIS took over a college campus.
00:11:25.000 It's evil glee, you see, right? 0.87
00:11:27.000 It's not just us justifiably pointing out what actually would happen to the left if the Islamists took over, that they would not be nice to the trans people, they would not be nice to the gays.
00:11:39.000 Which, I mean, sorry to break it to you guys.
00:11:41.000 I know you think they're your friends.
00:11:42.000 They're not your friends.
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00:12:46.000 But again, We're bad for portraying it.
00:12:50.000 It's not that ISIS is bad for doing it.
00:12:51.000 And literally everything in the script that ISIS does in the script is stuff that ISIS actually does in real life.
00:12:57.000 So it's very close to ripped from the headlines. 1.00
00:12:59.000 But, says the reviewer, there's a feeling of evil glee to the carnage wrought in infidels. 1.00
00:13:03.000 Infidels think these unserious college people must be punished. 1.00
00:13:09.000 Is the claim that ISIS would be nice to the unserious college people? 0.90
00:13:14.000 That ISIS would be friends with the unserious college people?
00:13:18.000 I feel like you might be an unserious person if you make this statement.
00:13:22.000 And once the initial wave of killings is over, the terrorists hold the group hostage so the movie can make this point.
00:13:27.000 Or in the movie, they hold the group hostage in order specifically to achieve an end, which is what actually happened.
00:13:38.000 I'm allowed to say I find it pretty freaking disturbing.
00:13:40.000 Yeah, I'm sure you do.
00:13:41.000 Again, what the left is upset about is that we portray terrorists doing terrorist things.
00:13:45.000 That is the thing that they're very upset about.
00:13:47.000 First, they said they're upset because Jonathan Majors, his character, Clay Saunders, gives a speech in which he talks about.
00:13:52.000 Islam's threat to the West.
00:13:54.000 They said, Ah, you're saying all Muslims. 0.76
00:13:55.000 No, we're not saying all Muslims.
00:13:56.000 That's not what even the character says in the film.
00:13:59.000 That's not real. 0.99
00:14:01.000 We are saying Islam as a political force on planet Earth, waging jihad, is a problem. 0.93
00:14:08.000 And then they shifted to, How dare you portray ISIS doing ISIS things?
00:14:12.000 After all, ISIS, those are just good people who have been wronged in some way.
00:14:17.000 This is who reviews your movies for you, folks, at these places.
00:14:22.000 Again.
00:14:24.000 Are we supposed to?
00:14:25.000 It's as though, honest to God, it's as though the people who write these reviews are the actual protesters from our films. 0.54
00:14:31.000 Like here, for example, is a clip from Run, Head, Fight, Infidels.
00:14:35.000 This is one of our characters in the quad, left wing protester, yelling at a conservative about Zionism.
00:14:41.000 These are the people who are writing for Slate and who are also writing for Variety.
00:14:45.000 This is who they are.
00:14:46.000 So, of course, of course, they are upset at the consequences of the decisions made by the left wingers in the film.
00:14:53.000 Every significant movement in history started with protesting.
00:14:56.000 What would you say to someone who doesn't understand this protest? 0.76
00:15:00.000 Zionism is a supremacist modality. 0.55
00:15:02.000 To decree that some people are chosen and others are not is ethnic cleansing disguised as nationalism. 0.75
00:15:07.000 Excuse me, PJ, I'm just a student here.
00:15:10.000 How many Jews are in Palestine and how many Arabs in Israel?
00:15:14.000 The answer is zero Jews in Palestine, millions of Arabs in Israel. 0.63
00:15:17.000 So which is the apartheid state? 0.96
00:15:20.000 Yes, well, the Jews aren't supposed to be there. 0.99
00:15:22.000 It's stolen land. 1.00
00:15:24.000 But you're on stolen land. 0.84
00:15:25.000 This whole area once belonged to the Menachan tribal nation.
00:15:28.000 We know that, but we already honored them with a land acknowledgement on day one.
00:15:33.000 Oh, okay.
00:15:35.000 Okay, good, good.
00:15:36.000 So you probably know that.
00:15:37.000 Before then, the peaceful Iroquois people thrived here. 0.99
00:15:40.000 But then one day, the Monocans rode in with their superior numbers to scalp their men, rape their women, and murder their babies, all because they wanted this land and they liked killing it. 0.99
00:15:49.000 Yeah, this is the revisionist history of the mouth breathing incel. 1.00
00:15:52.000 Just going to point out that this lady is probably going to end up as a reviewer at Slate, or would if the movie had not involved Muslim terrorists doing what Muslim terrorists typically do. 1.00
00:16:00.000 Again, what the movie does with regards to the left wing protesters is justifiably trolls them by pointing out what happens to useful idiots. 1.00
00:16:08.000 And there's much precedent for this. 0.99
00:16:10.000 The entire Iranian revolution was predicated on the alliance between communists and radical Muslims. 0.75
00:16:15.000 It did not end well for the communists.
00:16:18.000 We're holding up a mirror in this movie, and a lot of the reviewers can't handle it.
00:16:21.000 They just cannot.
00:16:22.000 But this, of course, is the entire legacy media.
00:16:24.000 So there's a piece in the New York Times yesterday. 0.91
00:16:26.000 It's astonishing how corrupt and disgusting the legacy media are. 0.93
00:16:29.000 The New York Times had a piece talking about this ridiculous documentary that got a 24 minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival. 0.97
00:16:39.000 Again, because that's what Hollywood is it's a left wing agitprop organization.
00:16:44.000 This documentary, by the way, is based on entirely anonymous sources backed by The Guardian, a radical anti Israel publication and anti Western publication in Britain.
00:16:54.000 The piece about it in the New York Times says this Israelis are deeply divided over how to apportion blame for the policy, military, and intelligence failures that preceded the attack and the war.
00:17:02.000 But Israelis still largely view themselves as the victims of October 7th.
00:17:06.000 Oh, do they view themselves that way?
00:17:09.000 Do they view themselves as the victims of October 7th?
00:17:12.000 Because they were the victims of October 7th.
00:17:16.000 But this is where.
00:17:17.000 The legacy media are.
00:17:18.000 This is why the reviews are going to be what the reviews are going to be.
00:17:20.000 And listen, we wear those like badges of honor.
00:17:23.000 We wear these reviews like badges of honor.
00:17:26.000 If you think for one single solitary second that we aren't going to be featuring quotes from both Variety and Slate in our advertising campaigns, wrong you are.
00:17:35.000 Prepare thyself.
00:17:36.000 Okay, folks, go watch the movie.
00:17:38.000 Go subscribe because the people who hate the movie, they're all the right people.
00:17:43.000 Every significant movement in history has started with protesting.
00:17:46.000 You're not traitors.
00:17:46.000 Uncle Tom.
00:17:47.000 This is our generation's civil rights.
00:17:49.000 I have no idea what.
00:17:50.000 The protest is about.
00:17:51.000 Bingo!
00:17:52.000 Given the current climate, should a figure as polarizing as Clay Saunders even be allowed on campus?
00:17:57.000 Ah, can you hear me okay?
00:17:58.000 Saunders is a close personal friend of Chancellor Friedman.
00:18:01.000 This is a decision I cannot fight. 1.00
00:18:02.000 Islam will conquer the West. 1.00
00:18:06.000 Assalamualaikum. 1.00
00:18:06.000 Are we paying attention? 1.00
00:18:11.000 They've taken over the building.
00:18:12.000 They're downstairs and they've blocked the doors.
00:18:16.000 I seek forgiveness from Allah the Almighty.
00:18:20.000 We cannot run and Muhammad is the messenger of God. 0.54
00:18:25.000 There is no God but Allah. 0.90
00:18:28.000 What do you say? 0.99
00:18:29.000 He turned those SOBs into a fine red mist. 1.00
00:18:34.000 As we move, one man will cover while the other guys go. 1.00
00:18:37.000 They call that leapfrog.
00:18:38.000 Stretch them out with messages.
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