The Condemned (2007):
Starring:
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin - Jack Conrad / Jack Riley
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin - Jack Conrad / Jack Riley
Vinnie Jones - McStarley
Robert Mammone - Breckel
Tory Mussett - Julie
Manu Bennett - Paco
Madeleine West - Sarah Cavanagh
Rick Hoffman - "Goldy" Goldman
Christopher Baker - Eddie
Sam Healy - Bella
Nathan Jones - Petr
Masa Yamaguchi - Saiga
Synopsis:
Jack Conrad is awaiting the death penalty in a corrupt Central American prison. He is "purchased" by a wealthy television producer and taken to a desolate island where he must fight to the death against nine other condemned killers from all corners of the world, with freedom going to the sole survivor.
Jack Conrad is awaiting the death penalty in a corrupt Central American prison. He is "purchased" by a wealthy television producer and taken to a desolate island where he must fight to the death against nine other condemned killers from all corners of the world, with freedom going to the sole survivor.
Review:
Another watch & review night. However I did NOT need to watch this one to review it. It holds a very sacred place in my heart. Sure it may be a film with a pro-wrestler as the main star & one of my favourite actors & bad ass mother fuckers Vinnie Jones as the main protagonist. So maybe I do have a slight bias towards the film. I mean it is produced by WWE Films. But to be completely honest, if this film was made by a non-WWE company, with someone else in it as the main star other than Stone Cold, I honestly think it would have been a pretty decent box office success. If Jason Statham or maybe Jet Li (in his prime) as the main role the film could have done well. Not to say that Austin's acting is that terrible, I mean it's as good as you could expect from a pro-wrestler turned actor. But the fact that the main star was a wrestler & it was produced by a wrestling company may have made people & critics avoid it like a hawk. I absolutely love the concept of the film. It's got a feel of Death Race mixed in with like Blood Sport or The Quest. Tons of action with fist & knife fights all over the place. Plus you get a good mixture of different types of actors & characters throughout the film. The production value is actually quite high because the people over at WWE Films wanted to produce a high level action film. I was going to try & give my non-bias opinion of the film, but I honestly don't know that I can. It is a guilty pleasure film for me. You do get tons of cheesy one liners from Austin, not to mention some hilarious looking Stone Cold fight scenes that are 100% reminiscent of his in ring ability. He will never stop throwing those Austin punches. Classic. Vinnie Jones, plays the hammed up, ruthless killer version of every role he plays. Loud mouth British asshole kicking some ass, being cocky & all those other great things you expect from the English bad ass. The acting around them however is super over the top, the characters are all hammed up stereotypes. The crew working for the protagonist are all relatively unknowns, or newer to the business actors who didn't do much before or after the film. I guess when you pay Vinnie Jones more than all 4 of them combined, that's what you should expect. There however is a super hot Australian babe in it, Tory Mussett, however she's done nothing since except Aussie TV.
Another watch & review night. However I did NOT need to watch this one to review it. It holds a very sacred place in my heart. Sure it may be a film with a pro-wrestler as the main star & one of my favourite actors & bad ass mother fuckers Vinnie Jones as the main protagonist. So maybe I do have a slight bias towards the film. I mean it is produced by WWE Films. But to be completely honest, if this film was made by a non-WWE company, with someone else in it as the main star other than Stone Cold, I honestly think it would have been a pretty decent box office success. If Jason Statham or maybe Jet Li (in his prime) as the main role the film could have done well. Not to say that Austin's acting is that terrible, I mean it's as good as you could expect from a pro-wrestler turned actor. But the fact that the main star was a wrestler & it was produced by a wrestling company may have made people & critics avoid it like a hawk. I absolutely love the concept of the film. It's got a feel of Death Race mixed in with like Blood Sport or The Quest. Tons of action with fist & knife fights all over the place. Plus you get a good mixture of different types of actors & characters throughout the film. The production value is actually quite high because the people over at WWE Films wanted to produce a high level action film. I was going to try & give my non-bias opinion of the film, but I honestly don't know that I can. It is a guilty pleasure film for me. You do get tons of cheesy one liners from Austin, not to mention some hilarious looking Stone Cold fight scenes that are 100% reminiscent of his in ring ability. He will never stop throwing those Austin punches. Classic. Vinnie Jones, plays the hammed up, ruthless killer version of every role he plays. Loud mouth British asshole kicking some ass, being cocky & all those other great things you expect from the English bad ass. The acting around them however is super over the top, the characters are all hammed up stereotypes. The crew working for the protagonist are all relatively unknowns, or newer to the business actors who didn't do much before or after the film. I guess when you pay Vinnie Jones more than all 4 of them combined, that's what you should expect. There however is a super hot Australian babe in it, Tory Mussett, however she's done nothing since except Aussie TV.
S.P.R.: B+/43 (un-bias, non-wrestling fan perspective: C+/39)
Acting: 7/10
Plot: 10/10
Cinematography: 8/10
Intrigue: 8/10
Extra: 10/10
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