Monday 2 July 2012

Rollerball (2002) 6/10

Starring : Chris Klein, Jean Reno, LL Cool J, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos
Director : John McTiernan
Running Time : 98 mins

Extreme sports enthusiast Jonathan Cross (Klein) is recruited into the world of Rollerball – a dangerous game with no rules that could easily lead to death for any of its players. But when Cross discovers that his recruiter, Alexis Petrovich (Reno), has been paying players to make trouble in the games, he realises that players deaths and injuries is exactly what sells the game and that many injuries are not accidental.

This isn’t the best futuristic sports movie I’ve ever seen, but it isn’t the worst. Basically this is roller derby with motorbikes thrown in. About halfway through there is some attempt at coming up with a plot, involving crooked officials and underhand dealings, but it doesn’t really have enough subtlety to make this thoroughly enjoyable.

You’ll like this if you liked : Death Race



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