Wiper loses the audience for good when he has some of his supporting characters give long speeches that thrash the contest before showing additional fights.
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04/26/07
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
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
the director proves to be one the opponent that Stone Cold just can’t beat.
04/26/07
To lecture an audience (primarily wrestling fans) that violence is w-r-o-n-g is either the most inspired button of psychosis I've come across yet during my time as a critic, or actual proof that nobody was paying attention when they made this film.
04/26/07
"Those of us who watch, are we the condemned?" a character asks in a laughable attempt at earnestness. In a way, we are indeed: condemned to watch 111 minutes of suck.
04/26/07
Tough, mean, nasty, and vicious. Rambo 4 had better come up with something to top this.
04/26/07
At nearly two hours, it's nearly two hours too long.
04/26/07
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
... a sloppy, indifferent action movie with a sadistic edge and a sour hypocrisy.
04/26/07
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
The Condemned occupies moral ground shiftier than the San Andreas fault.
04/26/07
Austin deserves better material than this. So do we.
04/26/07
Top CriticThe film presents its pulp cruelty without irony, and that lack of anesthetic distancing makes its sadism genuinely reprehensible.
04/26/07
The Condemned has a nasty mean streak toward its female characters -- a real no-no that prevents it from being simple, dumb fun.
04/26/07
This cynical action picture wants to have its cake and eat it too.
04/26/07
Despite a slick production and good actors, The Condemned is a real stinker.
04/26/07
Top CriticA laughably heavy-handed sermon railing against the modern-day media's greedy thirst for exploitation as a means of entertainment.
04/26/07
It looks like thinking hurts [Austin's] head, and watching him hurts mine.
04/26/07
After indulging the audience in butt-kicking action, director Scott Wiper and his small squad of co-writers segue into disingenuous moralizing about the way society enjoys watching violence.
04/26/07
Top CriticThe Condemned is the latest action film from director Scott Wiper. It is also a noun describing those poor viewers who end up stuck in a theater showing this film.
04/26/07
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