Product: Rollerball (2002)
Rating: 2.0
Editing problems and lack of cast hurt movie
Well, most of the people here are ripping this movie pretty good. One of the most glaring things that I noticed was the poor editing job; there are several instances where it looks like one of those old silent films where one minute a character is one place and another minute a character is another place. It is amazing to find that kind of thing happen these days in movies. Still, I think this movie had some potential. It was a relatively good action movie that used the corruptability of sports and ratings as its main theme. The basic premise is that in order to get ratings powerful sports organizers are willing to do anything, including sometimes brutal accidents, to achieve this. You may choose to look at this as a stab at what we do in America today (such as reality type television), or you may take it to "glamourize" this type of action (which I do not think the producers were trying to do). The lack of star power and script really hurts this movie, however. Also, it is overdone with a soundtrack that is seemingly never ending. I would venture to guess that half of the movie has music blaring in it during the action scenes. (It is fine to have a soundtrack, but you do not need to make the music the movie.) Overall, although this was not a good movie, I certainly do not think it was "the worst" movie you will ever see. Still, there are glaring problems with this movie that the average moviegoer will detect readily. For this reason, I give this movie 2 stars.