The Condemned
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| The Condemned | |
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 Official movie poster courtesy of IGN. |
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| Directed by | Scott Wiper |
| Produced by | Vince McMahon Joel Simon Jason Constantine John Sacchi |
| Written by | Scott Wiper Rob Hedden Andrew Hedden |
| Starring | Steve Austin Vinnie Jones |
| Distributed by | Lions Gate Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | April 27, 2007 |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $20 million |
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The Condemned is a thriller film directed and written by Scott Wiper, and starring Steve Austin (best known as WWE wrestler "Stone Cold" Steve Austin) and Vinnie Jones. The fights are co-ordinated by Richard Norton, who also stunt doubles for Jones on some scenes. The movie is being produced by WWE Films and released by Lions Gate Films.
The MPAA has given the film an "R" rating for pervasive strong brutal violence, and for language.
- Tagline: 10 people will fight. 9 people will die. You get to watch.
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[edit] Plot
The story revolves around Jack Conrad (Steve Austin), a criminal on death row in a Central American prison. Conrad is "purchased" by a TV producer who is putting together an internet web show where 10 contestants battle to the death on a remote island. Hunted down by ruthless killers, Conrad's only shot at victory - and survival - is to hunt down and kill the other nine contestants.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Steve Austin | Jack Conrad |
| Vinnie Jones | Ewan McStarley |
| Manu Bennett | Paco |
| Liane Balaban | |
| Erica Cerra | |
| William B. Davis | |
| Nathan Jones | The Russian |
[edit] Promotion
As before with past films starring professional wrestlers (and the past two WWE produced films), this movie will be promoted during WWE programming, most notably Steve Austin's appearance at WrestleMania 23 as a special guest referee for the Battle of the Billionaires match.
[edit] Trivia
- The movie takes place in El Salvador.
- The song played in the trailer is "You Don't Know", by Eminem, 50 Cent, Ca$his and Lloyd Banks.
- Nathan Jones is also a former WWE Superstar.
- The plot of the movie revolves around "human hunting" and is similar to other films such as Battle Royale and Surviving the Game. It is also reminiscent of the Stephen King novel, The Running Man,and the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie of the same name, The Running Man (film). It is also similar to the Video Game Manhunt, in that it features a show focusing on the mortal combat involving condemned criminals, as well as the short story The Most Dangerous Game in which people are being hunted and killed like animals.
- The film also is reminiscent of the movie No Escape with the way that the movie takes place with prisoners fighting for their lives.
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