| ROLLERBALL is a film directed by John McTiernan in 2002. It's the remake of the 1975 Norman Jewison film based on a short story by William Harrison.
Jonathan Cross accepts to sign a contract with Alexis Petrovich, the man who invented the rollerball game. Rollerball is a new and violent game involving motorcyclists and rollerbladers. It's played for the moment only in the former Russian republics but with a tremendous success. When Jonathan notices that Petrovich wants the game to become even more violent in order to get bigger TV market shares, he decides to leave his team and the country with his old friend Marcus Ridley. But Petrovich catches up with them just before the frontier, kills Ridley and brings Jonathan back to the city. | ||
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Plot & Themes Time/Era of Movie: Actual chase scenes or violence - 40 % Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 % Sports story? Yes Main Character Identity: - Male Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American) Secondary Main Character Identity: - Male Ethnicity/Nationality - Black Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 40's-50's Profession/status: Ethnicity/Nationality - Eastern European Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Physique - very athletic Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor How sensitive is this character? Setting United States Yes The US: - California Asia/Pacific Yes Asian country: - The 'stans City? Yes City: - Dirty, grimy (like New York) - San Francisco Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - gory visuals of deaths Sex/nudity in movie? Yes What kind of sex: - kissing - seeing breasts Kind of violence: - hand to hand - guns Unusual forms of death - perforation--bullets Any profanity? - Occasional swearing Is this movie based on a - book |
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