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The Condemned (2007)

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Reviews Counted:95

Fresh:15

Rotten:80

Average Rating:3.6/10

Consensus: The Condemned is a morally ambiguous, exceedingly violent and mostly forgettable action film.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for pervasive strong brutal violence, and for language.

Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:Apr 27, 2007 Wide

Box Office: $7,327,940

Synopsis: With the stage set by a contemporary spate of films starring WWE wrestlers, including SEE NO EVIL (Glen "Kane" Jacobs) and THE MARINE (John Cena), THE CONDEMNED follows suit by building a story... With the stage set by a contemporary spate of films starring WWE wrestlers, including SEE NO EVIL (Glen "Kane" Jacobs) and THE MARINE (John Cena), THE CONDEMNED follows suit by building a story around the massive physique and impassive demeanor of pro wrestler "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. Austin plays former military agent Jack Conrad, whose top-secret mission to El Salvador went awry; the mountainous man wound up on death row in a local prison while his associates back home conveniently forgot about him. Conrad is offered a final chance at clemency by the evil entertainment tycoon Ian Breckel (Robert Mammone, THE MATRIX RELOADED), who buys up Conrad and nine other condemned men and forces them to participate in his diabolical new reality-TV show. The game is simple: the contestants are dropped on a remote island fitted with cameras, and instructed to kill or be killed over the next 30 hours. At the end of that time, the sole survivor will be awarded his freedom and a large cash prize, and the event can be viewed online for $49.95. Conrad, not a murderer by nature, is forced to defend himself against fellow contestants Saiga (Masa Yamaguchi), who is a Japanese martial artist; badass Brit McStarley (former soccer star Vinnie Jones); and the deadly Ghanaian woman Yasantwa (Emelia Jones). Meanwhile, Conrad's girlfriend back home (Madeline West) worries about his safety, and Mammone's own girlfriend (Victoria Mussett) develops some doubts as to the morality of their online venture. The film attempts to critique the culture of violence that informs our media, but also works as a straightforward B-movie thriller, well-equipped with tough guys, one-liners, and nonstop violence. [More]

Starring: Steve Austin, Vinnie Jones, Rick Hoffman, Madeline West

Starring: Steve Austin, Vinnie Jones, Rick Hoffman, Madeline West, Robert Mammome, Luke Pegler

Director: Scott Wiper

Director: Scott Wiper
Screenwriter: Scott Wiper, Andrew Hedden, Rob Hedden
Producer: Joel Simon, Vince McMahon
Composer: Graeme Revell
Studio: Lions Gate Films

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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
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Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
11/20/08
Michael Szymanski
Michael Szymanski
Hollywood.com

There's nothing wrong with enjoying a balls to the wall guy film where muscle bound behemoths blow shit up and fight to the death...

Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
09/07/08
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

The film even attempts to make moral judgments about how watching a fight to the death is wrong, which ends up alienating anybody that sat their butt down in the theater in the first place.

Full Review Source: The Scorecard Review | comment Comment
03/03/08
Jeff Bayer
Jeff Bayer
The Scorecard Review

...Scott Wiper's hopelessly inept directorial choices - coupled with an overall vibe of ugliness - ensures that the movie ultimately fares about as well as its straight-to-video action brethren...

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
11/30/07
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

The Condemned sprays its fury wide: media manipulators, political opportunists and technology-pacified couch potatoes are among the collaterally damaged. Paying audiences don’t get off so easy either.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
09/22/07
Mark Holcomb
Mark Holcomb
Time Out New York

What a base, and baseless, film this is.

Full Review Source: Zertinet Movies | comment Comment
09/22/07
Steven Snyder
Steven Snyder
Zertinet Movies

Don’t look to glean too much from it other than a few cool fight scenes and some funny one-liners.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
09/22/07
Zack Haddad
Zack Haddad
Film Threat

This is why wrestlers wrestle and actors act.

Full Review Source: HollywoodChicago.com | comment Comment
09/21/07
Adam Fendelman
Adam Fendelman
HollywoodChicago.com

The Condemned tries to have its cake and eat it, too, alternately between a preachy scene about the depravity of reality entertainment followed by sequences of remorseless carnage, such as when Vinnie Jones guns down a roomful of unarmed people in cold bl

Full Review Source: IGN Movies | comment Comment
06/22/07
Stax
Stax
IGN Movies

Designed to make you cringe from its violent scenes, "The Condemned" is a paradox of a movie.Its sole purpose is to depict people killing, torturing and raping each other. And yet it contains a preachy theme about the kinds of people who would pay to watc

Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment Comment
06/10/07
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

Where's Richard Dawson when you need him?

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
05/30/07
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters

Attacking the intended audience is one of those things that a filmmaker just doesn't do. Jeez!

Full Review Source: Greenwich Village Gazette | comment Comment
05/14/07
Eric Lurio
Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette

if you're going to make a movie like this... do it right. Don't complicate things. Keep it simple, bloody, and stupid.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
05/12/07
Blake French
Blake French
Filmcritic.com

I was looking for a movie like this. An over the top cheesy action film. What?! I said I've been seeing a lot of overly serious movies lately. What?! Its summer, I want to see stuff get blown up. What?!

Full Review Source: Eclipse Magazine | comment Comment
05/12/07
Michelle Alexandria
Michelle Alexandria
Eclipse Magazine

If you're going to promise audiences a death match, pony up a real budget instead of padding your plot to make us feel guilty for watching it.

Full Review Source: MovieCrypt.com | comment Comment
05/11/07
Kevin A. Ranson
Kevin A. Ranson
MovieCrypt.com

...a nifty vicarious wallow for the "No Fear" T-shirt crowd.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
05/07/07
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

There were definitely some unexplored situations that would have made this film a lot more enthralling.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Spectrum | comment Comment
05/07/07
Vince Koehler
Vince Koehler
Entertainment Spectrum

two hours of mindless violence and then have the nerve to lecture the audience on why violence is wrong.

Full Review Source: Sean the Movie Guy | comment Comment
05/04/07
Sean McBride
Sean McBride
Sean the Movie Guy

Cheesy enough to satisfy your B-movie cravings in half Grindhouse's running time.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
05/03/07
Marc Bernardin
Marc Bernardin
Entertainment Weekly
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