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Old 04-27-2007, 01:11 PM   #1
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The Condemned reviews
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CRITICAL CONSENSUS
The Condemned is a morally ambiguous, exceedingly violent and mostly forgettable action film.

Flaws, double standards, strange detours and all, this is still the most entertaining WWE release to date.
Luke Y. Thompson
L.A. Weekly

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.
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If Rodriguez and Tarentino had been smart with Grindhouse, they would have dropped Tarentino's talky Deathproof and replaced it with The Condemned.
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As off-putting and ridiculous as it is ponderous, this WWE Films enterprise should have been condemned to fight for space on the DVD shelves rather than be thrust upon unsuspecting moviegoers.
Michael Rechtshaffen
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Tough, mean, nasty, and vicious. Rambo 4 had better come up with something to top this.
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I dunno. I'm going to go see it.

See No Evil wasn't horrible. Your basic horror flick, but all you really go see those movies for is the kills. which were pretty well done.

The problem I have with critics is they look at movies like this and expect something oscar worthy, and if its not then its garbage.

Fact is its probably just going to be a violent file that will be fun to sit down, eat popcorn, turn off your brain for a few hours and enjoy.
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I was sold on it until they compared it to Grindhouse.



Naw. Don't care. Probably gonna go see it. My ex is bugging me to go see a movie with her and it looks like right now it's Condemned, NExt, or drive 90 minutes for theatres which may be sold out of whatever.
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Yeah. personally I'd choose just about anything over a Nicholas Cage movie.

Yeah, yeah, and before you bitch there are a couple of exceptions.
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Yeah. personally I'd choose just about anything over a Nicholas Cage movie.

Yeah, yeah, and before you bitch there are a couple of exceptions.
That's what we call a preemptive bitchfest, boys and girls.

Especially since I'm hard pressed to name a good Nick Cage movie.
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That's what we call a preemptive bitchfest, boys and girls.

Especially since I'm hard pressed to name a good Nick Cage movie.
I enjoyed The Rock. That's about it.
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That's what we call a preemptive bitchfest, boys and girls.

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Can't be any worse than shitfest 2006 a.k.a. The Marine.
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Can't be any worse than shitfest 2006 a.k.a. The Marine.
The Marine was a good action movie.

Cinema Masterpiece? Fuck no, but anyone who judged it by Scorcese standards need to line up in front of this cannon....
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Cinema Masterpiece? Fuck no, but anyone who judged it by Scorcese standards need to line up in front of this cannon....
The Marine had too much cheesey dialog for its own good. If they'd cut out 2/3 of it and replaced it with generic dialog, it would have been a much better movie. And by the third gigantic explosion he survived, I was convinced I was just watching RAW on DVD.
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Cinema Masterpiece? Fuck no, but anyone who judged it by Scorcese standards need to line up in front of this cannon....
Yeah, pretty much.

Big guns, big muscles, and big explosions. It gave what it advertised.
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I didnt even make it through half of The Marine. Once it got to the part where the cop got to the swamps ( by himself even tho the police knew where the bad guys went cause they infact told the cop, yet cant be found ) and Cena was like " I'm finding my wife" and the cop was like yah ok cool.

lol comon.

The only thing i liked in that movie was the Terminator reference.

And the hot wife i guess. I'd fuck
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It was no cheesier than its peers.
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It was the only WWE movie i've seen. They've only had two right?
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Far as I know...Why?
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lol, Imagine Condemended's premise and Steve Austin in the lead directed in a 1 hour feature by Quentin Tarontino with a grindhouse style....now THAT would have been interesting.

I plan on seeing this movie, even though I usually don't care for this type of action movie. I do like action movies, but not the run of the mill crappy type. This seems like one of those, but it has on wildcard. Stone Cold Steve Austin, and for that reason alone I'll a) see it soon in theaters or b) pick up the dvd.
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just got back from seeing this...and I have to say I enjoyed the hell out of it.

They didnt have Austin try to do too much which was fine. Alot of action, some humor. Im happy I saw it
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Why remake 'The Running Man'?
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Of the hundreds of films Hollywood could have remade, a new artistic rendition of "The Running Man" was not a choice for the ages.
But that's exactly what you'll get if you are unlucky enough to buy a ticket to "The Condemned," a silly and often leaden action film starring pro wrestler "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
Movie fans will remember 1987's "The Running Man" as a dimwitted action film with Arnold Schwarzenegger battling other thick-necked actors to death on a futuristic TV show.




The only remotely interesting thing to come from "Man" is that it co-starred future Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura. Who would have thought such an awful movie would produce two future governors?
"The Condemned" updates the basic story for the Internet age. Instead of network television, the fight-to-the-death match is staged on the Internet. Subscribers have to pay $49.99 to watch all the mayhem.
The movie opens as a sleazy Internet entrepreneur (Robert Mammone) bribes 10 Third World prison wardens to release their worst death row prisoners to his custody. His plan is to transport the murderers to a remote South Pacific island and stream their fight to the death on the Web. The winner gets a free pass out of prison.
After a quick introduction to the players, the main event occurs. In an increasingly repetitive series of scenes we watch the killers battle in the jungle. The worst of the 10 contestants is a former British soldier (Vinnie Jones from "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels"), who seems to enjoy all the brutal combat.
Smartly, the filmmakers don't ask star Austin to deliver many lines during the nearly two-hour film. He mostly shows off his muscles and occasionally grunts while kicking the snot out of his opponents. The script does construct a flimsy background around Austin's character - something to do with him involved in "black ops" for the Pentagon - but those plot points are just a flimsy excuse for the action scenes.
Besides the repetitive action scenes, what really makes "The Condemned" annoying is the preachy tone it takes during the film's final 10 minutes. After wallowing in blood and mayhem for the previous 103 minutes, director-writer Scott Wiper stops the action to have one character denounce the violence - and the audience that pays for the mayhem.
Insert eye roll here. Who is Wiper trying to kid? The only reason people will go see his film is the violence. Add the fact the film was produced by WWE impresario Vince McMahon and the film's less-than- eloquent stand against violence comes off as even more hollow.
The most interesting question to ponder as you leave the theater is whether "The Condemned" star Austin will have the same career path as the stars of "The Running Man."
Governor "Stone Cold" Austin. Sort of has a nice ring to it, don't you think?



The Condemned
Stars: Steve Austin, Vinnie Jones, Rick Hoffman

Director: Scott Wiper

Review: 3 out of 10

Rated: R
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• Running time: 113 minutes


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Well, I got what I paid for. A good action movie with a thin plot, a lot of ass-kicking, and explosions. With the exception of the two minutes of preaching (Oh, boo hoo), it was a solid action movie.

I don't know what that guy was on about, though. The fight scenes weren't exactly repetitive, and the backstory on Austin wasn't really an excuse for the violence, it just establishes who he is.

It looks like he was seriously scrounging for things to bitch about.

Probably because "I don't like action flicks" sounds too whiny.
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Old 04-29-2007, 07:37 AM   #28
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It was enjoyable enough for the hour and a half running time, and instantly forgettable afterwards. It was fine, but I strongly doubt I'll ever have the urge to watch it again.

Only real complaint I had was with the camera style during the fight scenes. Probably the most ADD camera work I've ever seen.

And you had to love the little message they slipped in about violence in entertainment, as they make a film where really the only selling point is Steve Austin killing people. That line while the news lady was talking, "Are we the condemned?!?!?!", or whatever, made me laugh almost as much as Hot Fuzz.
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Old 04-29-2007, 12:14 PM   #29
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It was enjoyable enough for the hour and a half running time, and instantly forgettable afterwards. It was fine, but I strongly doubt I'll ever have the urge to watch it again.

Only real complaint I had was with the camera style during the fight scenes. Probably the most ADD camera work I've ever seen.

And you had to love the little message they slipped in about violence in entertainment, as they make a film where really the only selling point is Steve Austin killing people. That line while the news lady was talking, "Are we the condemned?!?!?!", or whatever, made me laugh almost as much as Hot Fuzz.
haha yeah, me and my friend turned to each other and cracked up when she said that.
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Old 04-29-2007, 10:24 AM   #30
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Yeah, that "message" was so hilarious.
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Old 04-29-2007, 12:20 PM   #31
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I could see Austin as Governor of Texas.
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Just got back. Not too bad. The camera was a little too fucking jumpy during the fights. And the ending confrontation was a little dissapointing. I have to say...

The Marine > The Condemed
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Old 04-30-2007, 01:11 PM   #33
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Just got back. Not too bad. The camera was a little too fucking jumpy during the fights. And the ending confrontation was a little dissapointing. I have to say...

The Marine > The Condemed
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The camera didn't bother me, really. I looked at it as atmospheric in this movie.
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The camera didn't bother me, really. I looked at it as atmospheric in this movie.
that was my feeling as well so I didnt think of it as an annoyance.
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Reviewers are so.... elitist. Fuck them in the ass.
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Old 04-30-2007, 11:20 AM   #37
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This is primarily getting poor reviews because it doesn't have a catchphrase like "THIS IS SPARTAAAAAA!"

If it was, everyone would be fawning all over it, praising the action scenes and the hamhanded message.
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lol wwe222

Anyway, it opened at #9 this weekend. 4 million.
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I thought it was #8.

Either way, I'm shocked this did worse than the Marine. Completely fucking shocked. I mean, it's Austin.
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This should have been made 7 years ago when Austin was even popular outside of the wrestling scene. When he took time off at the end of 99 would have been a perfect time to make this.
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