The Tournament (2009)

Directed by

Scott Mann

Genre

action film, thriller film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

R

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 684 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The world's deadliest assassins compete in a secret tournament where the last one standing wins a fortune. Rival killers hunt each other across a city with no rules.

action-packedviolentfast-pacedintensebrutalgrimysuspenseful

What happens

The Tournament is a 2009 independent action thriller film, directed by Scott Mann in his feature directorial debut. The film was conceived by Jonathan Frank and Nick Rowntree while at the University of Teesside with Mann. The script was written by Gary Young, Jonathan Frank, and Nick Rowntree. The Tournament was partially filmed in Bulgaria, and numerous locations around Northern England (where the film is set) and Merseyside. The film stars Robert Carlyle, Ving Rhames, Kelly Hu, Sébastien Foucan, Liam Cunningham, Scott Adkins, Camilla Power and Ian Somerhalder. The film received additional funding internationally, from Sherezade Film Development, Storitel Production and others, earning the film a budget of just under £4,000,000, and the film also features an international ensemble cast. However, numerous problems involving production, finance (the budget ran out twice), and securing a distributor, meant the film was not released until two years after filming, in late 2009. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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