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David lord finds himself forced into the savage world of a modern gladiatorial arena where men fight to the death for the entertainment of the online masses. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 10/11/2011 Starring: Samuel L. Jackson James Remar Run time: 94 minutes Rating: R Director: Jonah Loop
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About as subtle and refined as a caveman fighting a Hell's Angel, this relentlessly in-your-face martial arts film delivers more than its fair share of rewind-worthy moments. Visual-effects veteran Jonah Loop's directorial debut plays like an easy-reading mash-up of Bloodsport and The Prisoner: after suffering a family tragedy, a firefighter (The Twilight Saga's Kellan Lutz) finds himself held captive in a futuristic jail, where he must fight a never-ending slew of death matches for the amusement of a worldwide web audience. As he struggles to survive, the sadistic creator of the game (Samuel L. Jackson, having a ball) does what he can to worsen the odds. While that description may be more complicated than the actual plot, the brutal choreography and the cast's energy level definitely make up for deficiencies elsewhere: although Lutz mainly acts with his pecs, he's more than compensated for by Jackson gleefully chewing the scenery, brief appearances from genre stalwarts James Remar and Lost's Daniel Dae Kim, and a terrific secondary bad guy in Johnny Messner, who all but spits venom at the camera when ticked off. Those looking for logic and continuity in their action movies need not apply, but for all of its clumsiness, Arena displays a firm knowledge of what exactly makes an exploitation flick hum: whenever it spies a chance for something gratuitous, it doubles down. --Andrew Wright
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| 5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:  Death Race 6...this time with Sam Jackson and no cars. Not a bad movie, but I'm getting burnt out on this idea. I say B-., By Tony Heck "Follow me on Twitter!!! - @panther... (Belgrade, MT USA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Arena (DVD) "What's the one thing we all have in common?...Death." After a tragic accident leaves his wife dead, David (Lutz) is picked to take part in a "game". This game involves two men fighting to the death. When David agrees to do it in exchange for his freedom, the creator (Jackson) has other plans. My theory of movies lately are that there are no original ideas anymore. Recently it seems like it's either a remake, sequel, comic book or a rehash of a movie that has been done. Counting this movie, 13 and Freerunner there are now 4 movies released recently that steal from "Death Race". While I did see the others first it may have skewed my judgment but this was much slower then I was expecting. The plot is...take a guy with no family, force him to fight and kill for his freedom while the evil creator watches. Very predictable and is really only worth watching for the fighting and nudity. On the other hand, why else would you watch this anyway? Overall, not a bad movie, but the plot is... Read more 4 of 5 people found the following review helpful: It's not so bad that's it's good--and it's clearly not good, YET NOT BAD., By Tokay (Lexington, KY) - See all my reviews This review is from: Arena (DVD) It's not so bad that's it's good--and it's clearly not good, yet not bad. Far from great yet quite entertaining, this death match, modern gladiatorial fight flick does the trick for a rainy evening when nothing's on TV and Netflix isn't turning you on.In a wardrobe that smacks of a Shaft-y pimp, Samuel L. Jackson holds meetings in his Pharaoh-chic throne room office and produces an online death show from what looks like an evil star ship Enterprise flight deck. What's his show like? It's a live, online death match. The viewership includes bored office drones and college kids who laugh and make bets as people beat each other into Sloppy Joe filling. Then, after the fight is over, the viewers vote on whether the loser lives or dies at the executing hand of the victor. This is not original by any means, but that doesn't mean movies like this can't still be fun. Like a modern day Gladiator our star is kidnapped and enslaved. To "break him" he is regularly... Read more 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:  Wowww, better movie than I thought, This review is from: Arena (DVD) Okay, I'll be the first to eat some humble pie or crow or whatever. I thought this movie was going to be BADDDDD. I was only gonna check it out b/c Samuel L. Jackson was in it and Kellan Lutz has proven himself with cool comments. Yeah, I think this movie would have gotten bigger sales, had they had a BETTER TRAILER. The trailer makes this movie look cheap cheap cheap. The movie is awesome. After watching this, the only reason I can see why this didn't go to the movies is because Kellan Lutz has basically been a cameo kinda actor and this is his prime spotlight movie. I think b/c of him being in Twilight, he's had to prove himself as an actor. He definitely proved himself worthy of a starring role. This is definitely a guy's type of movie. If you like Fight Club, 300, Death Race, and (whatever movie Gerard Butler's in where he's in a virtual video game) you'll like this. Oh, and there's lots of naked women. Yeah, this movie's gonna get hits gradually from word... Read more |
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