Surviving the Game | | Cast : | Ice-T, Rutger Hauer | | Director : | Ernest R. Dickerson | | Studio : | New Line Home Entertainment | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | April 15, 1994 | | DVD Released Date : | February 03, 2004 | | Language : | English (Subtitled), English (Dubbed), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
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| Rating |  | | Date | June 09, 2005 | | Summary | BEST MOVIE EVER | Content
 | I used to watch this movie on TNT as a kid growing up. Ive probably seen it over 5 times but none of my friends remember it. Ive been searching for a long time trying to find the title and i finally found it!!!!
This is one of the best movies ive ever seen. Definitly one of my top 5. What could be better than ICE-T being hunted in the forest. Everything about the movie rocked, except the cheasy basement scene, with the jars... yeah... I guess thats pretty good quality for 1994 though.
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| Rating | | | Date | May 29, 2005 | | Summary | Nothing earth shattering,but still very good... | Content
| In Hollywood,it seems to me that directors of films seem to take real life events(example,John F. Kennedy's assasination)or sometimes(and probably usually as well)make movies of events that happen in real life but that never really happened. A good example of the second thing I just mentioned is hunting,and sometimes,directors turn the game of hunting around for movies and make movies where humans instead of animals get hunted. I'm not a big fan of hunting(with this being said,I'm not an animal rights activist either)and I've never watched films like "The Deer Hunter"-however,I found "Surviving The Game" to be nothing earth shattering,but a very good movie. Read on for my review of this:
The movies starts off in Los Angeles with Ice-T portraying Jack Mason,a homeless man who lives out on the streets.His best friend is Hank,an old homeless man,and a dog. Things are going pretty bad for Mason-but pretty bad becomes worse when Hank dies of old age and his dog is run over by a cab.Mason can't take it anymore-and is about to kill himself until he is saved by a church organist named Walter Cole(Charles S. Dutton)who wants to help him,and introduces him to his friend Thomas Burns(Rutger Hauer).After meeting Burns,Mason is offered a job as a hunting guide for Burns,Cole,and their friends out in Colorado in the Rocky Mountains,and Burns tells Mason that if he helps them,he will be given the money he needs to get back on his feet. So,Mason,willing to do anything for a buck,takes the job,and then flys out to Colorado with Mason and Burns and then meets all of the hunters.
But the next morning,Mason discovers a big surprise. The surprise is that Mason is the prey,and the hunters are the people who he was supposed to help. After Mason finds out everything and has gotten dressed,he heads out the door while the hunters enjoy a nice,leisurely breakfast. And once the hunters have finished their breakfast,the hunt begins.
"Surviving The Game" is one of the most interesting,fast paced films I have ever seen. To quote myself and Motley Crue in a VERY odd and a VERY different way,this film is kind of the "Same Ol' Situation"-the reason for this is because the same thing(movies where humans instead of animals get hunted)that happens in other movies,and it happens again here. The performances in this film are pretty good.Ice-T did a pretty good job as Mason.He(Ice-T)is not a bad actor,nor is he a great one. Personally,I think the part of Mason should have gone to Denzel Washington instead of Ice-T,but Ice-T pulled it off pretty well.Rutger Hauer did a really good job a Burns,but as far as acting goes,the best performance in this film probably would have to go to William McNamara.In this film,McNamara played Derek Wolfe,Jr.,the son of Wall Street businessman Derek Wolfe,Sr.(not a real life person,a character in this film)who's father was kind of pushing him to do what he was out there to do,except he(Wolfe,Jr.)like Mason,did not know that Mason would be the prey instead of animals,and he was left with a hard decision-should he do what is right or should he satisfy his Dad? The chemistry in this film is really strong,and McNamara is a strong part of the chemistry you will find in this film. Also,director Ernest Dickerson,who directed other films like "Juice" and "Bulletproof"(see my review,it was an action/comedy film that found Adam Sandler portraying a drug dealer,no,I'm not kidding!)so that provides another good and interesting reason for watching this film.
Nothing oscar worthy,but worth a look. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 11, 2005 | | Summary | It works for me. | Content
| Ice-T playing a homeless guy being set up by the bad guys...it actually works! The characters are believable, the storyline demands suspension of disbelief, the outdoor shots are georgeous. This one held my interest. |
| Rating | | | Date | February 04, 2005 | | Summary | ALSO CHECK YOUR AMMO | Content
| SURVIVING THE GAME is another entry in THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME genre: an innocent man is chosen to be the prey of a group of sadistic hunters who plan to hunt and kill him for the sport. Under the steroid-like direction of Ernest Dickerson, a mostly competent cast elevates this above its actual merit. The main flaw is the casting of Ice T as the "hero"; the man tries hard but he is not a good actor and he cannot carry the weight of this movie. Fortunately, he is surrounded with some expert character actors: eternal badguy Rutger Hauer shines as the menacing co-founder of the hunting group; Charles D. Dutton chews up the forest in his role as Hauer's partner; John C. McGinley takes acting honors for his psychotic cowboy overwrought with the unsolved murder of his daughter; Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham brings his dramatic flair to the role of William McNamara's psychotic daddy; Gary Busey is very chilling particularly in the tale of how his father introduced him to manhood. The movie is paced effectively and there is an ironic twist at the end (see my title for a hint). Not a bad entry in this kind of film, but we needed something a little stronger than ice t for this one!!! |
| Rating | | | Date | December 04, 2004 | | Summary | Great Movie!!!!! | Content
| When I saw this movie for the first time is was the best. Now i Watch i over and over again an it is still the action packed movie that it was the fist time i saw it! 5 STARS!!! |
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