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what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

I rented this movie because I was sick, and figured it was a mindless waste of time and it would keep me occupied without too much mental or emotional stress. I was right. But right when I was asking myself what type of people out there gave this kind of movie an audience ( I am often in existential crisis ) the script slapped me with surprise. It actually gave a very clear message that you're basically a jerk for liking to entertain yourself with gratuitous violence. Then it also killed off all the people in the film who cashed in and laughed at death , showed them what violence really was , well, sort of. I mean essentially the movie is making money off of violence and death and really awful things in real life. Movies and entertainment like this are sort of anesthesisizing the public to hardcore reality. But it knew that, and it made that concept and those people the truly bad ones .. which was an interesting shift in perspective although I can't give it too much credit because essentially it's still cashing in on the same genre .. While I was watching this though I realized that all the people I hate , and that I spend way too much time wondering how they exist in the world , how they don't care about anything of value or have any kind of morality or concept of the abstract and emotional depth, people that sit around and watch movies and cheer for the hero, and yet live like villains. People that have no idea that they are the villains in real life. That they lie, they hurt people, they cheat people. They burn people. They kill people. They rape or molest people. Whatever .. these people ,how do they exist? And not know what they are? How they can be so blind to themselves when there is so much information out there ?? I decided these types of people much watch these mindless movies . So on that level it comforted me. That all those gung ho violent types watching this movie, at the end, the jokes on them. And whoops, maybe it will make them question something more than they are used to. Baby steps Hollywood , baby steps, and I'm all about it. This movie had a conscious. That's amazing for the type of movie it was. It might be too smart though for all the people who need to actually get that message .. but nice try anyways. The script had me laughing out loud too. In a few parts. In a good way. I think this type of movie for what it was was excellent. Probably the one movie like this you could let your teens watch. Because of the message at the end. Which was - violence and the people who cash in on it, the people who use it as entertainment are evil, stupid and deserve to die. Haha.

This movie should be condemned. I'm sorry, but it should. Directed by Scott Wiper, the movie tells the story of Jack Conrad (Stone Cold Steve Austin), an American convict waiting in death row. He along with nine other convicts from different countries, are brought to a mysterious island by television producer Ian Brecket (Robert Mammone). In order to fight in a competition where they must kill each other, so that the last man standing will gains his or her freedom. Without spoiling the movie too much, I have to say, the movie isn't that good, when it comes to the action. The action has way too much, shaking cam and quick cuts. I hate how all the close up and long shots are filmed. You really can't make out details. It kinda ruins the movie, because it's really hard to tell, who's winning the fight or not. I wouldn't say that this movie delivers fun action. The action is directionless. It's doesn't know if it wants to be Hard R or not. It's tries to be ugly-looking, by showing bits of hideously cruel beatings, inferred acts of rape, attempted rape and pseudo-sadistic violence, but at the last second, it cuts away. Surprising, for a Lionsgate movie, the movie has little to no gory scenes. It's give the impression that the movie couldn't pay for blood or gory make up, with their limited budget. Its sucks, more, that, the action is very repetitive. Lots of brawling, shooting, and way too many explosions deaths. Another problem with the film is how they misused Steve Austin. Despite having the top billing; 'the Texas Rattlesnake' is barely in the film, much. The movie focus, way too much on the side characters. I came here, to see Austin 3:16, not these boring convicts. Honestly, if you're going to focus on them; at less, make them, a little more interesting. A lot of them are some generic & have little to no backstory. The only person, that seem cool, was Vinnie Jones as Ewan McStarley. It's upsetting, that the movie didn't focus, more on these two men, fighting each other. I would love it. The only thing, I hate about the limited time, they fought, was how upstage, Jack was, compare to Ewan. It's so bad that Ian orders a shotgun to be given to Ewan to "even" things out. The movie makes, Vinnie Jones look kinda weak. The ending fight between them, was disappointing, as hell. No big pay-off to their feud. By far, the worst thing about this movie is the time, spent with Robert Mammone and his crew! All of the scenes with them, are a total waste of my time. I really dislike, how over the top, Robert Mammone's acting was. I really couldn't stand Rick Hoffman as Goldman, Ian Brecket's assistant & Victoria Mussett as Ian's girlfriend, Julie. Their characters were so annoying, due to wishy washy flighty flake attitude. I really don't get, how they were OK, in helping create a death-fight tournament, and then when people start to die, they try really hard to wash their hands clean, by showing their moral disapprove about the killings to Ian. I really hate how preachy, this movie tries to be. The film tries to makes a major point that a program where convicts fight to the death is inhumane and cruel, though the film marketing capitalizes on that exact point, especially with the tagline. It becomes funny when you realize that this was made by two companies who are known for their violence! Distribute company, Lionsgate is known for torture porn movie and the film's production company: World Wrestling Entertainment AKA WWE is known best for its violent and uber extreme Attitude Era. The movie ultimately fails, because of this. By criticizing the violence, it's insulting their fan-base for liking films like this. You can't be preachy, while making money off of portraying violence. It's very hypocritically of them. Honestly, if you want a better film; watch films like 2000's Battle Royale, 2012's The Hunger Games, 1932's The Most Dangerous Game or 1986's Running Man. They're way superior to this film. Even 2008's Death Race is better than this movie! All, I want to see is Stone Cold Steve Austin kick ass in the Condemned; and they didn't give me, that. Overall: This movie is stone cold mediocre. That's the Bottom Line, because I said so!

There are lots of pretty negative reviews of this movie and one has to wonder why those people watched it in the first place. Did they miss the essential clue as to what they would get? The opening credits clearly tell everyone that this a WWE movie. It would seem, therefore, that those who don't like the fake, meticulously staged regular offerings of World Wrestling Entertainment wouldn't want to watch this either. That isn't rocket science - is it?But no, the wowsers and wet-nellies just HAD to watch it anyway - and then grumble and whinge about gratuitous violence and sadism. If they don't like professional wrestling, then there's a pretty sure chance they're not going to like The Condemned so why did they watch it at all? Mind you, I wouldn't mind betting that, if the story were ever true, those wowsers and wet-nellies would be among the first to sign up to watch the programme on the Internet - and then still complain! It's a bit like the well-known fact that the most vociferous anti-porn campaigners also happen to own the biggest collections of porn! (Of course it's all kept as "proof" of just how corrupted the world is - or so they say!)OK, getting to this movie for what it is. It is a B-grade action flick with mostly B-grade actors (although there ar a few exceptions to that). Personally, I thought the story concept was quite good. The real protagonist is an entrepreneurial guy who knows that an awful lot of people actually do like gratuitous violence (he probably did research on how many viewers professional wrestling gets) and decides to convert that into a reality show. The problem is that no self-respecting TV network would ever run it and so he resorts to the obvious and puts it, live streaming on the Internet.Without wanting to introduce any spoilers, I will stick to what the film's own promos state, which is that ten convicted criminals from death-rows around the world (another clever ploy to ensure that the maximum audience can be secured to support "their" champion) are let loose on an island which is rigged with numerous cameras and told that they must each defend themselves against the other nine as only one of them can ultimately survive. The survivor will be freed with a new identity and a big wad of money to go and do whatever he likes. There are a few little "twists" thrown in for good measure and I'll leave those who want to watch it to find out what they are. I found that I was placing myself into the shoes of each of the criminals and wondering how I could make the best of the situation. Of course, the first thing I had to do was remember that I was already sentenced to death and then view the situation from that standpoint. Secondly, I had to remember that my opponents were also killers and thus there was no room for compassion on either their parts or mine.With that frame-of-mind established, I found myself entering into the story with a different attitude than I would have had it been presented differently. I was reminded of "Running Man" as far as the plot went but the difference was that this movie is set in the present and, as such, was (with some imagination) "believable."OK, 'nuff said. If you don't mind action with lots of violence, then you will probably enjoy The Condemned. If you like Mary Poppins and romances, then don't watch this movie. Simple really!

The Condemned starts as ten hardened condemned to execution on death row prison inmates from around the world are flown by helicopter to an isolated & remote island in the Pacific, they have been 'brought' by ambitious television producer Ian Breckel (Robert Mammone) who is planning to stage a live reality internet broadcast called The Condemned. The aim of the show is simple, the ten condemned inmates are dropped off on the island & the one still alive after thirty hours gains their freedom but only one can walk away, with plastic explosive strapped to their ankles the inmates have no choice but to play. Wrongly imprisoned ex secret service ops Jack Conrad (Steve Austin) is brought in as a last minute replacement from a prison in El Salvador & starts to turn the game against Brecknel in a bid for freedom & revenge...Co-written & directed by Scott Wiper this modern take on the basic premise of The Most Dangerous Game (1932) is actually a pretty decent film, I would struggle to call it a great film but it is good solid action fare that also tries to have a strong moral message which is both an asset & a hindrance but more on that later. The Condemned updates the theme of a lone man being hunted with the odds stacked against him by setting the events up as part of an elaborate internet based reality show where subscribers pay to see hardened inmates kill & abuse each other, the mixing of the survivalist genre & reality show works surprisingly well here although surely the whole affair is illegal & every Government in the world would be after Brecknel. Most of the condemned inmates don't have much depth apart from Conrad & McStarley with the other's simply being cannon fodder to increase the body count & provide a fight every few minutes, the script tries to make out that Brecknel the producer is the real villain for his brutal exploitation & staging of events. Now, the script does try to make the point that watching violence is bad which seems a bit hypocritical & there are a few speeches denouncing & questioning the show & scenes of people cheering on the action that reinforce this message but feel out of place & stand out uncomfortably in a film which obviously wants to appeal to that very audience, the type of audience that enjoy wrestling & Steve Austin is surely the type of audience that would lap a show like The Condemned up if it ever became a reality as wrestling is surely nothing more than grown men beating each other up & while it stops short of people getting killed I think you can see the point I am making. Or then again maybe The Condemned is really just an anti reality television show film, now that's an idea I can relate too...At almost two hours long The Condemned runs at a decent pace & never really lags or becomes boring, I would maybe have liked to see a bit more varied action though. The fights are brutal & weapons are introduced later on which adds some spice but other than an exploding helicopter there's nothing else over the fights. There's an implied rape, some blood splatter & a guy is impaled on a wooden stake after being thrown out of a helicopter. At the end when Brecknel is in the helicopter why did it just hover there? Why not fly off into the distance? Why wait for Steve Austin to thrown a bomb on-board (that was a bloody good shot by the way wasn't it?)? The final confrontation between Austin & Vinnie Jones is also a bit underwhelming & isn't so much a brutal fight to the death confrontation as a very harsh conversation. While the quick machine gun editing of recent action films is absent the jerky hand-held nature of some fights aren't & The Condemned sometimes becomes a blurred mess which is a shame as the fights do look good otherwise.With an opening box-office weekend of just over $3,000,000 I think it's safe to say that The Condemned was a flop, although set on some remote island The Condemned was actually shot in Australia & does look quite nice at times. The acting is alright, Vinnie Jones is amusing & gets some nice one-liners although wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin is just very wooden & lacks any charisma or personality, no-one else stands out that much to be honest.The Condemned is better than average action fare with a solid plot that steals from a classic & adds a modern twist quite effectively but the overriding message that watching violence is bad & those who make, distribute & profit from it are also evil is a paradox in the sense anyone who enjoys The Condemned is bad & the makers who made it are evil themselves. Work that one out.