The performances of Caan and Richardson are excellent, and the rollerball sequences are fast-paced and interesting.
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06/05/07
Rollerball (1975)
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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
Inside the arena, it's a fantastic action movie, but outside, it's starchy and pretentious.
08/05/08
It seems pretty prescient about violence, corporations, and TV.
12/06/05
No review available.
08/22/03
It's hardly 1984, but Jewison's dystopia has its moments.
05/23/01
So the script's a little laboured, but for shere exuberance and adrenaline pumping you don't get better than this unless you're at a rave.
01/01/00
No review available.
11/19/06
Seems 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
Lifeless, uninspired, and crammed with enough hints of intellectual consistency to give the socially conscious critical establishment shivers of excitement.
06/05/07
One of the most powerful science fiction films ever made.
10/21/04
No review available.
06/19/05
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
The performances of star player, James Caan, drawn into the politics behind the sport and John Houseman as a creepy corporate boss, are excellent.
09/11/01
I would have hated being a stuntman on this movie!
01/01/00
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
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
This original version could EASILY have been trimmed down quite some with plenty of repetitive moments popping up throughout the film.
06/24/06
No review available.
07/29/05
In 1975, Rollerball was science fiction. Today, it's barely fiction.
02/08/02
No review available.
07/29/02
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