Plot
Jack Conrad is awaiting the death penalty in a corrupt Central American prison. He is "purchased" by a wealthy television producer and taken to a desolate island where he must fight to the death against nine other condemned killers from all corners of the world, with freedom going to the sole survivor.
Release Year: 2007
Rating: 6.0/10 (25,844 voted)
Critic's Score: 23/100
Director:
Scott Wiper
Stars: Steve Austin, Vinnie Jones, Nathan Jones
Storyline The story of Jack Conrad, who is awaiting the death penalty in a corrupt Central American prison. He is "purchased" by a wealthy television producer and taken to a desolate island where he must fight to the death against nine other condemned killers from all corners of the world, with freedom going to the sole survivor.
Writers: Scott Wiper, Rob Hedden
Cast: Steve Austin
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Conrad
Vinnie Jones
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McStarley
Robert Mammone
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Breckel
Tory Mussett
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Julie
(as Victoria Mussett)
Manu Bennett
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Paco
Madeleine West
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Sarah Cavanaugh
Rick Hoffman
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'Goldy' Goldman
Christopher Baker
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Eddie C
Sam Healy
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Bella
(as Samantha Healy)
Luke Pegler
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Baxter
Masa Yamaguchi
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Saiga
Emelia Burns
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Yasantwa
Dasi Ruz
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Rosa
Marcus Johnson
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Kreston Mackie
Nathan Jones
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Petr
Filming Locations: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Opening Weekend: $3,807,595
(USA)
(29 April 2007)
(2310 Screens)
Gross: $7,327,940
(USA)
(20 May 2007)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
USA:
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Germany:
Did You Know?
Trivia: Steve Austin was originally offered the part Vinnie Jones plays, but after WWE decided to make the movie in their WWE Films department, they gave Steve Austin the lead role.
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes:
(At 11:00) There is a close up of the guard turning the key in a large lock. You can clearly see the lock is already open though.
Quotes: Jack Conrad:
Sounds like you've had a hard life. Ewan McStarley:
Yeah. Jack Conrad:
Good thing it's over.
User Review
Surprisingly decent
Rating: 7/10
So this flick was by no means great, but it did what it wanted to do,
be a good bad action flick. Swearing, blood, fighting, no CGI, I had a
great time watching it. Which really surprised me cause I HATE stone
cold, but even he was pretty good. If you just wanna turn off your
brain and watch a well done bad action flick, check this out. And yes I
have seen battle royale and the running man, and yes this rips them
both off fairly liberally, but what the hell, an action flick is an
action flick, enjoy it for what it is. And Vinnie Jones is great as the
super evil bad guy. And it even has some social commentary about the
media's influence on our culture. Granted, its heavy handed and
obvious, but seeing as I was expecting a movie on par with a Segal
straight to DVD flick, any level of intelligence is appreciated.
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