That the movie was produced by World Wrestling Entertainment is just another source of amusement in a film that has some pretty funny ideas about what's entertaining.
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05/03/07
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
Wiper may make the point that people would pay to watch such a snuff film, but he too vigorously rubs his audience's nose in it.
05/02/07
This is a fast-paced, well-made piece of garbage.
04/30/07
Top Critic... dopey, ultraviolent vehicle for World Wrestling Federation star "Stone Cold" Steve Austin ...
04/30/07
The manly man's movie of the year is here. The Condemned makes Con Air look like Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood.
04/29/07
A reprehensible film that glorifies violence, but what would you expect from Producer wrestling promoter Vince McMahon, Hamlet?
04/29/07
Though wearing its hypocrisy on its sleeve by dabbling in while denouncing violence as entertainment, the posturing is really a mirror image of what goes on every day in America between the parallel universes of the moralizers and media profiteers.
04/28/07
This movie didn't just miss the boat on the condemnation of reality TV; it started swimming in the other direction to try to catch up with it.
04/28/07
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 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
In the great pantheon of recent WWE vehicles, The Condemned ranks somewhere above the Kane vehicle See No Evil and below the John Cena-starrer The Marine.
04/27/07
If you thought getting voted off the island on Survivor was tough, The Condemned takes that concept as ridiculously and hideously far as can be imagined.
04/27/07
Perhaps the worst aspect of this shameless rehash of better movies like Battle Royale (2000), Series 7 (2001) and even The Running Man (1987) is not its astonishing dullness but its pretentions to moral rectitude.
04/27/07
While rather preposterously hypocritical in its moral pretensions, it nevertheless comes through in the no-holds-barred, body-slam department.
04/27/07
Top Critic[You'd be] better off waiting for the DVD to enjoy this torpid turkey, which is probably how it should have debuted anyway.
04/27/07
You have to love an anti-violence movie that has as its slogan, "10 people will fight. 9 people will die. You get to watch." Hypocrisy in and of itself isn't amusing, but when it's on this grand a scale it becomes hilarious.
04/27/07
Top CriticThe title is not just a description of the competitors; it is also a warning, as in catch this at the multiplex and know that you are condemning yourself to 112 minutes of pure punishment.
04/27/07
It's the second movie in a month (following Vacancy) that turns up its nose at those who arrange and photograph violence, only to find the best way to express its disgust is to kill them. Violently.
04/27/07
There are some nicely over-the-top moments in this Battle Royale/Running Man puree -- most involving people plummeting and blowing up. But the misogyny and choppy action edits spoil the fun.
04/27/07
When it isn't depicting brutal deaths, the film condemns audiences for flocking to see lurid entertainment. If director Scott Wiper is trying to make a statement, it gets lost in a mirror maze of hypocrisy and self-loathing.
04/27/07
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