It's tough not to think of a big, dumb, talentless slab of beef when you watch former phony-wrestling star Steve Austin in action here.
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04/25/07
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.
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... [More]
Starring: Steve Austin, Vinnie Jones, Rick Hoffman, Madeline West
Director: Scott Wiper
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Reviews for The Condemned
Lovers of B-movie fare of Rodriguez and Tarantino will enjoy the gore and violence of this one.
04/18/07
If Rodriguez and Tarantino had been smart with Grindhouse, they would have dropped Tarantino's talky Deathproof and replaced it with The Condemned.
04/27/07
The most notable thing about The Condemned is how it manages to be both ridiculously dull and incredibly offensive at the same time.
04/27/07
It has the audacity to serve as a self-righteous indictment of graphic, gratuitous violence, even though that's exactly what it's peddling.
04/25/07
Top CriticA shameless rip on Kinji Fukasaku's Battle Royale, The Condemned unseats Slow Burn as the most hilariously inane film of 2007.
04/19/07
A sloppy, black-hearted pile of crap, calculated to titillate an audience of tools by giving them tough-guy dialogue, savage violence, and Nickelback songs.
04/26/07
Despite the transparent plotline, the dumb dialogue, the cheesy special f/x, the cornball comic relief and the self-righteous sermonizing, this campy B-movie adds up to a cinematic experience so godawful, it's great, in a reverse chic sort of way.
04/28/07
The Condemned, directed by Scott Wiper (appropriate last name), is a bad rip-off of the 2000 Japanese sensation Battle Royale and the 1932 U.S. classic The Most Dangerous Game.
04/27/07
Tough, mean, nasty, and vicious. Rambo 4 had better come up with something to top this.
04/26/07
All about the cheesy dialogue, loud pounding music, and Stone Cold Steve Austin growling, scowling and looking mean, while the women in the movie run around in tight tank tops designed to show off their decolletage.
04/26/07
This is why wrestlers wrestle and actors act.
09/21/07
The Condemned attempts to redeem itself with some late-inning moralizing that only cheapens the proceedings; if you're going to brandish as many guns as The Condemned does, at least stick to 'em in the end.
04/27/07
If there were any justice, a print of this film would be shipped, sight unseen, to an inconspicuous island in the South Pacific and forced to fight for its survival against nine other nasty, insulting torture flicks.
04/27/07
Condemn it to obscurity if you can.
04/27/07
This cynical action picture wants to have its cake and eat it too.
04/26/07
... dopey, ultraviolent vehicle for World Wrestling Federation star "Stone Cold" Steve Austin ...
04/30/07
I did learn that Steve Austin can throw a cell phone-sized piece of C4 into a helicopter from a quarter mile away. Get him a uniform!
04/26/07
if you're going to make a movie like this... do it right. Don't complicate things. Keep it simple, bloody, and stupid.
05/12/07
There are a surprising number of decent performances in this otherwise inept action slog.
04/27/07
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