Inside the arena, it's a fantastic action movie, but outside, it's starchy and pretentious.
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08/05/08
Rollerball (1975)
68 %
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Reviews Counted: 25
Fresh: 17
Rotten:8
Average Rating: 6/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 8 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: In the year 2018, corporations rule a world where there is no crime or war... only the game of Rollerball, a violent combination of football, rollerblading and hockey. The man who has been the... [More]
Starring: James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams, John Beck
Director: Norman Jewison
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Reviews for Rollerball
James Caan, on roller skates, is trying to save the world. This needs a bit of explaining, which is only the beginning of the trouble with Rollerball.
08/04/08
Top CriticNorman Jewison's sensational futuristic drama about a world of Corporate States stars James Caan in an excellent performance as a famed athlete who fights for his identity and free will.
08/04/08
Top CriticSeems to being going around in circles trying to say something but is not sure about what it wants to say, as it keeps stumbling around every bend.
01/24/08
The performances of Caan and Richardson are excellent, and the rollerball sequences are fast-paced and interesting.
06/05/07
Lifeless, uninspired, and crammed with enough hints of intellectual consistency to give the socially conscious critical establishment shivers of excitement.
06/05/07
Top CriticNo review available.
11/19/06
This original version could EASILY have been trimmed down quite some with plenty of repetitive moments popping up throughout the film.
06/24/06
Ultimately, Rollerball gets by on its sheer monolithic quality - an abundance of quantity. Despite indifferent direction and dire humour, it is well mounted and photographed.
02/09/06
It seems pretty prescient about violence, corporations, and TV.
12/06/05
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07/29/05
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07/22/05
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06/19/05
Everyone else, including Mr. Caan and John Houseman, who plays a leading Houston executive, is more solemn and serious than the movie ever merits.
05/09/05
Top CriticOne of the most powerful science fiction films ever made.
10/21/04
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08/22/03
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08/09/03
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06/21/03
The combination of Roman Empire-styled decadence and violence mixed with a vision of a bizarre, loveless corporate future is evocative and unsettling.
11/07/02
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07/29/02
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