Rotten
Only those attracted to Waterworld- or Last Action Hero-level big-budget disasters need bother with this one.
Keith Phipps, AV Club
Rollerball
Get in the game.
2002 · 1h 38m · PG-13
Action, Science Fiction
Directed by
John McTiernan
,
Barry Shurchin
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Rollerball
Overview
In this fast action-packed thriller, Jonathan, Marcus, and Aurora compete in a dangerous, fierce sport called Rollerball. Although, Johnathan and Marcus try to quit, cruel and vindictive promoter Alexi Petrovich encourages them to still participate.
Director and cast
- John McTiernan Director
- Barry Shurchin Director
- Chris Klein as Jonathan Cross
- LL Cool J as Marcus Ridley
- Rebecca Romijn as Aurora
- Naveen Andrews as Sanjay
- Jean Reno as Alexi Petrovich
- Oleg Taktarov as Denekin
- David Hemblen as Serokin
- Eugene Lipinski as Yuri Kotlev
- Frank Ferrara Sr. as Assistant Gold Coach
- Janet Wright Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
68%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Loud, crude and outlandish, Rollerball is a parody of itself, a frenzy of extreme-sports stunts masquerading as social commentary on violence and the corporate forces that feed off it.
David Germain, Associated Press
Rotten
Although Norman Jewison's stolidly grim and ultimately ludicrous 1975 original was hardly a landmark of nightmarish sci-fi, it towers over this.
Robert Koehler, Variety
Rotten
Rollerball looks like a checklist shaped by a 15-year-old mallrat: thrashing metal track, skateboards, motorbikes, cracked heads and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos with her top off.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Rotten
Pushes the Hollywood action movie to stratospheric new levels of incoherence.
Paul Malcolm, L.A. Weekly
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