Gerard Butler is on death row, but if he wins four more times in a brutal competition where people fight to the death, he will be set free. Of course, the powers that be don't want that to happen.
Sound familiar? This is nothing more than The Running Man, Death Race, or any number of other films with the exact same plot.
The only addition to the plot is that people at home control the death competition participants. This subplot goes nowhere, and proves to be ultimately pointless.
There's nothing special here worth seeing, aside from Michael C. Hall's performance as the bad guy.
Rent it for a buck if you need an action fix, but even the action is that shaky cam crap with a lot of static shots thrown in to simulate playing a video game.
3 out of 10.
Gamer
For some reason I read this as "if he wins four more times in a brutal competition where people fight to the death, he will be set on fire."Leisher wrote:but if he wins four more times in a brutal competition where people fight to the death, he will be set free.
And from the sound of it that might have been an improvement over the story.
"... and then I was forced to walk the Trail of Tears." - Elizabeth Warren
It is free on Netflix now, and it is worth watching at that price. If anything, it was weird seeing a real-life version of Second Life, up to and including the fat nasty guy who is controlling the hot girl in the game.
This movie felt disconjunct, for some reason.
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This movie felt disconjunct, for some reason.
Edited By GORDON on 1329602143
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