The Condemned (2007)

Jack Conrad is awaiting the death penalty in a corrupt Central American prison. He is "purchased" by a wealthy television producer and taken to a desolate island where he must fight to the death against nine other condemned killers from all corners of the world, with freedom going to the sole survivor.

Director:

Scott Wiper

Writers:

Scott Wiper (screenplay), Rob Hedden (screenplay),

Stars:

Steve Austin, Vinnie Jones, Robert Mammone

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Steve Austin	...	Conrad
Vinnie Jones	...	McStarley
Robert Mammone	...	Breckel
Tory Mussett	...	Julie (as Victoria Mussett)
Manu Bennett	...	Paco
Madeleine West	...	Sarah Cavanaugh
Rick Hoffman	...	'Goldy' Goldman
Christopher Baker	...	Eddie C
Sam Healy	...	Bella (as Samantha Healy)
Luke Pegler	...	Baxter
Masa Yamaguchi	...	Saiga
Emelia Burns	...	Yasantwa
Dasi Ruz	...	Rosa
Marcus Johnson	...	Kreston Mackie
Nathan Jones	...	Petr

Storyline

The story of Jack Conrad, who is awaiting the death penalty in a corrupt Central American prison. He is "purchased" by a wealthy television producer and taken to a desolate island where he must fight to the death against nine other condemned killers from all corners of the world, with freedom going to the sole survivor.

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Plot Keywords:

death | fight to the death | desolate island | island | internet | 

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Taglines:

10 will fight,9 will die.You get to watch.

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive strong brutal violence, and for language

Details

Official Sites:

Lions Gate Films [us] Official site [jp]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish German

Release Date:

27 April 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

La isla de los condenados

Filming Locations:

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$3,807,595 (USA) (27 April 2007)

Gross:

$3,489 (USA) (8 March 2013)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lionsgate, WWE Films, Sidestreet Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Steve Austin and Vinnie Jones would often play jokes on each other during filming. Steve would put inflatable sex dolls in Vinnie's trailer and also put up 50 signed autograph pictures of himself all around his trailer.

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Goofs

When Paco finds Rosa after they were thrown off the helicopter Rosa calls Paco "Manu", the actor's name.

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Quotes

Ian Breckel: What were you doing in El Salvador?
Jack Conrad: Working on my tan.
Ian Breckel: Why did you blow the building up?
Jack Conrad: It was blocking my sun.

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Connections

References Cannibal Holocaust (1980)

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Soundtracks

"Casino (Solid State Remix)"
Written and Performed by Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil (as Reinhold E. Heil),
Tom Tykwer
Courtesy of X Filme Creative Pool, Berlin

User Reviews

Battle Royale Redux

A very popular Japanese film called Battle Royale concerns an entire class of bad tempered middle school students forced to fight to the last survivor on a deserted island for their transgressions. Considered too controversial for American audiences, it's never been released in the states. "The Condemned" is basically a remake of that film. Instead of unruly teenagers, death-row inmates from around the world forced to kill each other for the pleasure of an insane internet magnate's 30 hour snuff reality program.

Steve Austin joins 9 other on the island where they stalk and eliminate each other in some of the most violent ways imaginable.

This part of the story is fairly involving, but as the violence becomes more sadistic, it no longer seems entertaining. The sobering effect spreads to the movie characters as well, too late to help the combatants. Self righteously, the producers use this as a podium to speak down to the audience who bought tickets to watch the very entertainment they are presenting.

The movie is not helped by a stateside subplot involving Stone Cold's girlfriend who lives on a sprawling ranch and supports herself as a waitress.