Rollerball

If it wasn't unnecessarily drawn out and overly focused on the characters, which in this case almost bothered me, it would be great. The opening scene of the game is absolutely brilliant. It’s dynamic and action-packed, and it's got a great idea to boot. But then the film tries to be something more, which just doesn't suit it. It should have just ended up being a packed action flick. The sport itself is a great idea. (2015.10.19)

2018: There are no more wars, people are living a brutal game of rollerball, taking pills for everything and nothing.... And they forgot the most important rule, which we fortunately still know: Never piss off James Caan. Rollerball may look like a B-movie, but it contains a very interesting idea and a very disturbing depiction of the future that I think we are getting closer and closer to. The matches are filmed really well and you don't even feel like you're watching a fictional game, everything is also perfectly acted and above all musically scored. The finale is thrilling and breathtaking. Four pure stars. (2012.05.29)

A not at all silly view of a future controlled by corporations, where a brutal sport serves as a means to control the masses and to convince them about the insignificance of the life of the individual. It’s unnecessarily tedious and, due to the limited communicativeness that focuses on the protagonist, we don’t get to know much about that fictional world, but the motif of personal rebellion and the sketching of the social mores through the titular sport and its mysterious bigwigs work very well and there are two climactic scenes that make us keep our fingers crossed for tough-man Caan. The vision is not that unrealistic and it fulfils its purpose thanks to the competent direction and the music score. And I also didn’t mind seeing so many beautiful women… 70% (2020.03.16)