| | | Get In The Game.
Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Widescreen, Dolby Digital (5.1), English, French, Spanish, Subtitled, Commentary
Johnathan Cross, a lover of extreme sports, is recruited by Alexi Petrovich to star in his sportive invention, Rollerball. Johnathan accepts and learns the ropes of Rollerball: The players are on Rollerblades, trying to bring a heavy metal ball into a high goal. Also, there are motorcyclists around to bring momentum to the players. Oh yes, and there are no rules in the game. During his skyrocketing career, Johnathan has to experience what Alexi has found out: Blood brings more viewing pleasure to the audience. So, Alexi starts to bribe members of the different teams to cause more trouble than necessary on the field, and the viewers love it. Only a little later, Johnathan's life is already in extreme danger as well as those of his friends and teammates. In a final game, Johnathan and his team have to fight for mere survival against their real opponent - their boss Alexi Petrovich.
"Full-tilt action!" Houston Chronicle
"Turbo charged! Body slamming action!" The Washington Post
Editor's Note
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 join him playing for the Zhambel Horsemen, in Kazahkstan. The highly paid Marcus and Jonathon are teamed with low-paid locals, who are routinely severely injured in the game, which is an extraordinarily violent extension of roller derby involving motorcycles, a metal ball, and many trappings of the World Wrestling Federation. Soon the team's star and the darling of promoter Alexi Petrovich (Jean Reno), Jonathan, is thrilled by the high-octane sport, the hype, the sports cars, and female team mate Aurora (a glowering, scar-faced Rebecca Romijm-Stamos). But gradually Jonathan discovers that the cynical Alexi and his opportunistic assistant Sanjay (Naveen Andrews) will go to any lengths to manipulate the game in order to provide an evermore gory spectacle and improve the game's television ratings. Director John McTiernan's movie is grungy and even more violent than the original 1975 ROLLERBALL. He conveys the visceral nature of the game with sharply edited action sequences and a goosed-up soundtrack, and then he shows the volatile game convulsively spinning out of control and causing social upheaval.
| Features | Music Video By Rob Zombie | | Audio: English 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround; French, Spanish Stereo Surround | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | "The Stunts Of Rollerball" Featurette | | Interactive Rollerball Yearbook | | "The Horseman" Commentary |
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Release Information
| | Studio: MGM |
| Release Date: 9/20/2005 |
| Running Time: 99 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2002 | | Catalog ID: 1002801 | | UPC: 00027616869982 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 2.35:1 |
| Cast & Crew | Chris Klein | | Jean Reno | | LL Cool J | | Rebecca Romjin-Stamos | | John McTiernan - Director | | Steve Mason - Director of Photography | | John Wright - Editor | | Eric Serra - Musical Score | | Michael Tadross - Producer | | John McTiernan - Producer | | Beau St. Clair - Producer | | Charles Roven - Producer | | Dennis Bradford - Production Designer | | Norman Garwood - Production Designer | | Larry Ferguson - Screenplay | | John Pogue - Screenplay | | William Harrison - Writer |
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