Rollerball (1975)
Genre: Action / Scifi
Duration: 125 minuten
Country:
United Kingdom
Directed by: Norman Jewison
Stars: James Caan, John Houseman and Maud Adams
IMDb score:
6,5 (32.402)
Releasedate: 25 June 1975
Rollerball plot
"In the not-too-distant future, wars will no longer exist. But there WILL be...The Game"
In a futuristic world where multinational corporations have taken the place of government-controlled countries, the extremely violent game Rollerball is used to keep the masses in check. However, there is 1 player who fights for his personal freedom and thus finds himself diametrically opposed to the multinationals.
Actors and actresses
Jonathan E.
Bartholomew
Ella
Moonpie
Cletus
Mackie
Daphne
Executive
Rusty, Team Executive
Japanese Doctor
Reviews & comments
pjmj
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- 311 messages
- 288 votes
Three times there are super-exciting (and super-deadly) game rounds in the film. That was enough for me to lift the film to three stars. Those game rounds left me with a bitter aftertaste. How participants were beaten to death using gloves with iron spikes on them.... brrrr... Well done. I found that the film slumped a bit between game rounds. I thought I recognized the BMW headquarters as well as the apartments around the nearby Olympic Stadium in Munich as the location where a number of outdoor scenes in the film took place.
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james_cameron
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- 7201 messages
- 9937 votes
Still pretty cool dystopian SF film in which multinationals have taken the place of countries and the extremely violent game Rollerball is used to keep the masses under their thumb. Beautifully designed; especially the sports arena where most of the action takes place looks great. James Caan is supercoolly charismatic in the lead role. The scenes around the matches are not always interesting, but all in all I thought this was a cool movie.
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Number23
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- 8681 messages
- 5795 votes
Sometime in September this movie turned 45, so wanted to take a chance. After all, it wasn't that I knew a whole lot about the film, just that a remake that was soon to be forgotten was made.
I have to say that the story struggled to hold the attention. Caan is not doing badly, maybe just a bit too cool and apathetic. At least I had no urge to chant his name. Actually, not one character really grabbed me.
The matches do look great and are really the highlights of the film. It sounds silly sometimes, but that's what it sounds like at the time. Lots of stunts and a bit of blood and well filmed. But it won't be enough, I'll probably forget the story in a few weeks.
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