Rollerball (2002)

Directed by

John McTiernan

Genre

action film, science fiction film

Country

Germany, United States

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

3.9 of 10 from 518 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A brutal sport combines elements of roller derby and motocross. A young athlete joins a team and discovers the game is more dangerous than he expected.

fast-pacedintenseviolentvisceralgrittyhigh-energyrawaggressive

What happens

Rollerball is a 2002 science fiction sports film directed by John McTiernan. A remake of the 1975 film of the same name, which itself based on William Harrison's short story Roller Ball Murder. The film stars Chris Klein, Jean Reno, LL Cool J, Rebecca Romijn, and Naveen Andrews. While both versions of Rollerball use the same basic premise, the 2002 version has a much greater focus on action sequences, more muted social and political overtones than the original, and takes place in the mid-2000s rather than in a future dystopian 2010s. When Rollerball was released on February 8, 2002, the film received negative critics and was a box-office bomb, grossing $25.9 million against a production budget of $70 million. In 2014, the Los Angeles Times listed it as one of the most expensive box office flops of all time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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