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Genre :

Thriller, Sci-Fi

Release Date :

September 04, 2009

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor

Starring :

Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall, Amber Valletta, Alison Lohman, Logan Lerman, Kyra Sedgwick, Milo Ventimiglia, Ludacris, John Leguizamo, Terry Crews, Aaron Yoo, John de Lancie, Jonathan Chase, Zoe Bell, Noel Gugliemi

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  5 of 5 [Rate It]

Review rate : B+

“..you won't appreciate all the split-second nuttiness being practically direct-downloaded into your brain here..”
by Luke Y. Thompson [E! Online]
Review rate : C-

“..weird, but not weird enough for the long haul..”
by Josh Modell [Onion AV Club]
“..nonstop action triumphs over narrative and character..”
by Kirk Honeycutt [Hollywood Reporter]
1.5 of 4

“..laborious bit of sci-fi grimness that dully updates The Running Man for the 21st century..”
by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
1 of 5

“..it could have been more than this..”
by Roger Moore [Orlando Sentinel]
Review rate : C

“..inspire a small measure of appreciation for its willingness to go to some strange places..”
by Robert Levin [Film School Rejects]
“..fails to earn credit for slightly exaggerating the commingled nature of videogames and movies, violence and entertainment, incarceration and exploitation..”
by Rob Nelson [Variety]
2.5 of 4

“..even better as social satire..”
by Rafer Guzman [Newsday]
1 of 4

“..Derivative, absurd, emotionally hollow and barely coherent..”
by Dustin Putman [TheMovieBoy.com]
3 of 5

“..definitely above average..”
by Bill Gibron [Filmcritic.com]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Amy Nicholson [Boxoffice Magazine]
1 of 5
Reviewed by Joe Neumaier [NY Daily News]

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I Can't Wait For This Movie To Come Out....AWESOME!!!

posted by ast on Jan 26, 2009

i want to know who's face is behind his, and more so what song they play during the teaser trailer!

posted by The Delectable Gerry on Jun 01, 2009

I can't wait to see it either. Gerard Butler. Need I say more? And the song used in the trailer is a Marilyn Manson remix of the 80's song Sweet Dreams by Eurythmics.

posted by Anon on Jul 01, 2009

cZZAzh

posted by Glzmpkba on Jul 13, 2009

i want to know who's faces is behind Gerard Butler?

posted by yoyooo on Aug 17, 2009

That is Logan Lerman's face behind Gerard Butler.

posted by beb on Aug 29, 2009

awsome movie. wats the song ware he busts outa the ring or w/e. wen hes in the restricted area

posted by weezy on Sep 07, 2009

It was a great movie better then i thought it was going to be. GO SEE IT! the soundtrack is amazing

posted by ashilazy on Sep 23, 2009

what kind of truck was that he took?????? and the movie was bad azz

posted by gomez#1 on Oct 02, 2009

Really good movie. I would recommend it to pretty much everyone.

posted by :D on Oct 19, 2009

This movies was GREAT!

posted by Nicolletta on Nov 13, 2009

otimo cd

posted by dj on Nov 27, 2009

I want to know what is the name/mark of the bike that the blonde girl was driving while rescueing Tillman? so if anybody knows it please reply :)

posted by lukahauc on Nov 29, 2009

to ( The Delectable Gerry ) the answer is the boy player who was controling him

posted by U-NIS$ on Dec 02, 2009
 
 

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