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Surviving the Game (1994)

Surviving the Game poster
Directed by
Ernest Dickerson
Genre
thriller, action film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
R
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 221 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A homeless man is hired as a hunting guide by a group of wealthy men. He soon discovers he is the actual prey they intend to hunt for sport.

tensesuspensefulgrittysurvivaliststraightforwarddarkaction-orientedbleak

What happens

Surviving the Game is a 1994 American action-adventure film directed by Ernest R. Dickerson and written by Eric Bernt. It is loosely based on the 1924 short story "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell. The film stars Ice-T, Rutger Hauer, Charles S. Dutton, John C. McGinley, William McNamara, Gary Busey, and F. Murray Abraham. Surviving the Game was released in the United States on April 15, 1994, by New Line Cinema. The film received negative reviews from critics and was a box office bomb, grossing $7.7 million against a production budget of $7.4 million (not including advertisement and distribution costs). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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