Series 7: The Contenders (2001)

Original title

Series 7

Directed by

Daniel Minahan

Genre

mockumentary

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 75 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A fake reality TV show forces six randomly chosen contestants to hunt and kill each other on camera. The film follows the reigning champion as she competes in the latest series.

satiricaldarkly comicsuspensefulcynicalintensebrutalunsettlingfast-paced

What happens

Series 7: The Contenders is a 2001 American satirical dark comedy film written and directed by Daniel Minahan. The film is presented as a marathon of the seventh series of an American reality television show called The Contenders, where six people, picked at random from a national lottery, are each given a pistol and forced to hunt and kill each other for the cameras. The film is a satire of the reality television genre. It stars Brooke Smith as Dawn, the reigning champion from the fifth and sixth series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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