Jack Conrad is awaiting the death penalty in a corrupt Central American prison. He is "purchased" by a wealthy television producer and taken to a desolate island where he must fight to the death against nine other condemned killers from all corners of the world, with freedom going to the sole survivor.
If you thought getting voted off the island on Survivor was tough, The Condemned takes that concept as ridiculously and hideously far as can be imagined.
– Claudia Puig,
USA Today,
27 Apr 2007
rotten:
In the great pantheon of recent WWE vehicles, The Condemned ranks somewhere above the Kane vehicle See No Evil and below the John Cena-starrer The Marine.
– Nathan Rabin,
AV Club,
27 Apr 2007
rotten:
This is a fast-paced, well-made piece of garbage.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
30 Apr 2007
fresh:
Cheesy enough to satisfy your B-movie cravings in half Grindhouse's running time.
– Marc Bernardin,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 May 2007
rotten:
The Condemned sprays its fury wide: media manipulators, political opportunists and technology-pacified couch potatoes are among the collaterally damaged. Paying audiences don't get off so easy either.