Rollerball (2002)

Movie
German title	Rollerball
Original title	Rollerball
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2002
length	98 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16, previously 18
Rod
Director	John McTiernan
script	Larry Ferguson John Pogue
production	John McTiernan Charles Roven Beau St. Clair
music	Eric Serra
camera	Steve Mason
cut	Robert K. Lambert , John Wright
occupation
Chris Klein : Jonathan Cross Jean Reno : Alexis Petrovich LL Cool J : Marcus Ridley Rebecca Romijn : Aurora Naveen Andrews : Sanjay Oleg Taktarov : Denekin David Hemblen : Serokine Janet Wright : Coach Olga Andrew Bryniarski : Halloran Kata Dobó : Katya Lucia Rijker : No. 9, Red Team Pink : rock singer Paul Heyman : English sports announcer Peter Blake Azam Ali Slipknot

Rollerball is a remake from 2002 of the film of the same name from 1975. Unlike the model from the 1970s, the film puts more emphasis on action and has less social and political tones. The film takes place in the present rather than in a dystopian future as in the original . There have Pink , Shane McMahon , and Slipknot cameos. The film opened in German cinemas on March 28, 2002.

action

2005: The new sport rollerball is very popular in the Soviet states of Central Asia , Russia , China , Mongolia and Turkey . Marcus Ridley invites NHL hope Jonathan Cross to play for the Zhambel Horsemen in Kazakhstan . The highly paid players have to deal with poorly paid, local players who are usually injured several times in the game. Rollerball is an exceptionally brutal expansion of the Roller Derby game with motorcycles, a metal ball and a wrestling league . The team quickly developed into a size of the league and promoter Alexis Petrovich's darling, Jonathan, was attracted to the dynamic game, the hype and his teammate Aurora.

But Jonathan gradually discovers that the cynical Alexis and his opportunistic assistant, Sanjay, would give anything to manipulate a game into a bloodthirsty spectacle in order to increase the audience.

criticism

“Remake of the commercially successful film of the same name from 1974/1975, staged as unimaginative as it is sloppy. A film without a lot of mental effort, but with a tendency to dull glorification of violence and latent racist distortions. "

- Lexicon of international film

music

The composition of the film music was published but did not appear in stores.

1. "Boom" - POD
2. "Told You So" - Drowning Pool
3. "Ride" - Beautiful Creatures
4. "Millionaire" - Rappagariya
5. "I Am Hated" - Slipknot
6. "Body Go" - Hardknox
7. "Feel So Numb" - Rob Zombie
8. "Keep Away" - Godsmack
9. " Insane in the Brain " - Sen Dog
10. "Flashpoint" - Fear Factory
11. "When I Come Around" - Green Day
12. "Crawling in the Dark" - Hoobastank
13. "Time To Play" - Pillar
14. "Never Gonna Stop" - Rob Zombie

Web links

• Rollerball in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Rollerball atRotten Tomatoes(English)
• Comparison of the cut versions ATV + - FSK 18 , Pro 7 10 p.m. - Uncut by Rollerball at Schnittberichte.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Release certificate for rollerball . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , May 2012 (PDF; test number: 90 192-a V).
2. ↑ Rollerball. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .