Product: Rollerball (2002)
Rating: 3.0
I Kinda Liked It!
While certainly this film is no contender for a Best Picture Academy Award, I found it an enjoyable picture, certainly better than many I've seen this year on DVD. The film's opening sequence is enough to get your adrenaline pumping just watching it, as Jonathan luges through the hilly streets of San Francisco.Once the movie goes to Asia, it isn't exactly as much of a pulse-pounder, and certainly a lot of the material is formulaic. Still, unlike "The Mummy Returns" or "The Scorpion King," this film actually has a plot, not just special effects. Turns out to be a pleasant piece of mind candy. I have never seen the original, so I'm not sure how this film stands in comparison. But on its own merits, there are worse ways of wasting two hours of your time.