Rollerball

 (2002)

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User Reviews

this movie sucks so much
Dec 27, 2008
brandon9761 - yahoo.com
dude this movie sucks so much. i mean there was no story,no acting, and the ending did not make sense!!! the only part i liked about it was that it had the slipknot cameo with them playing i am hated. but... Full review
The only reason for c+
Dec 16, 2008
ssmikew - yahoo.com
the only reason for my rating is when slipknot played before the game that was the only great part. it is just so sad they played in a movie for rental... Full review
Rollerball
Nov 05, 2008
shygirl22_04 - yahoo.com
I've never seen the original, but this version was worth watching. Special features include a Rob Zombie music video. I like the ending of the movie. All movies with a bad guy/ good guy story are fine by me.... Full review
Truly Awful!
Dec 01, 2007
cjgarrett - yahoo.com
This is one of the worst movie I have ever seen. Obviously whoever would give this movie an A+ or an A- doesn't know what they're talking about. This movie sucks! I mean you don't know the characters, they are underdeveloped,... Full review
Rollerball
Mar 20, 2007
family5emyjet - yahoo.com
This movie is worst than original movies 100 times.I don't know why this movie is made.This movie isn't good....very cheap.If you didn't see this movie yet,you had better see original version.This movie isn't worthy to see.... Full review
COOL
Dec 26, 2006
sumlikeblink182 - yahoo.com
THIS MOVIE WAS COOL. i loved every second of it. this movie makes u proud that god invented film. I loved it. Even 2day i still love it... Full review
The Best Movie I saw
Aug 01, 2006
r_palomino86 - yahoo.com
If you are into Hockey then you got to go buy or rent this movie because this movie has a lot of hard-hitting stuff in it. Also the Girls in the movie are hot. If your a fan of LL Cool... Full review
Worst movie ever, forever ever!
Jul 08, 2006
darceric - yahoo.com
How the hell did they get past the preproduction stage to make this mess!Right then the should have said this ain't goin' work...and call it a wrap because it sucked!... Full review
Rollerball
Jun 28, 2006
hengameh5 - yahoo.com
This movie is underestimated my alot of people! It's really not bad, and is full of action. It's actually one of the only movies that show the exploits that players in dangerous sports must face!... Full review
Not Bad
Jun 28, 2006
supermonkey824 - yahoo.com
I do not understand why so many people did not like this movie. It was entertaining, fun , and kept you guessing. What is so bad about that? I enjoyed whatching it. Sometimes the direction of the movied was slightly jumbled... Full review

Critics Reviews

| Aug 01, 2008
Boxoffice Magazine
John McTiernan's listless "Rollerball" is another reminder that most remakes are accidents waiting to happen. In the remake, Chris Klein plays Jonathan Cross, the movie's tortured hero. ... Full Review
| Oct 03, 2002
CultureCartel.com
Rollerball is so bad I dont know if any rating could have saved it. Marcus has discovered a better sport called Rollerball, which takes place around a figure eight track, complete with see through tunnels. ... Full Review
| Feb 13, 2002
Entertainment Weekly
Rollerball'' was trash even back in 1975, but in some small way it was ahead of its time. For some reason, the film is set in Central Asia, where Jean Reno, as the sleazy Russian inventor of rollerball, broadcasts the contests on what looks like the local version of al Jazeera. ... Full Review
| Feb 12, 2002
Salon
Here, Rollerball is not a ludicrously violent game dreamed up to prove the futility of individual effort, but "the hottest start-up sports-entertainment property in the world. Up to a dozen players per game died in the original "Rollerball ... Full Review
| Feb 08, 2002
The Movie Boy
If the movie sounds so bad it's good, you'd be sorely mistaken. Jonathan Cross (Chris Klein) is one of the newest players, a fresh-faced ingenue who has turned to Rollerball after plans to play in the NHL fell through. ... Full Review

News

What a strange mess this is. A remake of the overrated and ponderous 1975 adaptation of William Harrison's short story The Rollerball Murders, this lacks even the most basic cohesion and story-telling elements. ... Full Article

McTiernan, whose flops include last year's big turkey Rollerball, and hits like Die Hard and The Hunt For Red October, is in better control of the script here than in several of his recent films, including 13th Warrior. ... Full Article

Rollerball
filmmonthly.com2002-02-16
Getting right to the point, this is a bad movie.I can't think of a single reason that anyone should see it.Generally, I can find something worthwhile about most films, but not this time. ... Full Article

Rollerball is a bad movie that could have been a lot better if it had been a little bit worse. A very loose remake of Norman Jewison's 1975 sci-fi saga about players in a lethal form of roller derby, the... ... Full Article

Synopsis: It's the year 2005; the new sport of Rollerball is hugely popular in the unstable, ex-Soviet republics of South Asia.Marcus Ridley (LL Cool J) invites NHL-hopeful Jonathan Cross (Chris Klein) to... ... Full Article

"Rollerball is an exciting new state-of-the-art extreme sports game. It involves the incorporation of high-end speed skaters with motorized vehicles. There are very few rules other than to score with a small, but heavy, solid silver ball. ... Full Article

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