Being a huge fan of the old one, to the point where I used to skate with an orange shirt with a big black '6' on it, I went to see the new one.Take the worst of a Tom Clancy novel, combine it with the absolute worst of Perils of Gwendolyn, remove the sexploitation and leave only the violence, and there you have the new one.
Bleah. $8.50 wasted. It even spoiled the taste of the popcorn.
The plot was ok, although completely unlike the original. The cast was mostly ok. The editing was choppier than (*&(&. The continuity was awful, the female lead's scar moved around her face for instance. The violence was endless (well, Rollerball IS ultra-violent) to the point of detracting from the plot, and we didn't need to SEE it, ...
And the stereotypes. Oh man, the stereotypes. Somebody give the director a white sheet and a hood, man. :(
On a scale of 1 to 10 it's a zero.
JJ
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Topic - The New Rollerball Movie - jj 17:01:48 02/27/02 (0)
- Re: The New Rollerball Movie - danj 20:33:04 02/28/02 (0)
- I want to slap everyone involved in making this movie - T. Buns 07:14:43 03/02/02 (0)
- Slap 'em til their faces bleed (nt) - bubbahotep 08:18:52 03/02/02 (0)
- I probably was too kind, really... - jj 22:35:28 02/28/02 (0)
- Re: I probably was too kind, really... - mikenyc 07:06:43 03/03/02 (0)