Game of Death (2010)

Secret Ops agent Marcus is sent to Detroit to take out an arms dealer and the head of the hedge fund that is financing him. His CIA backup has other plans and turns on him and it's a fight to survive in a hospital.

Director:

Giorgio Serafini

Writers:

Jim Agnew (screenplay), Megan Brown (screenplay)

Stars:

Wesley Snipes, Aunjanue Ellis, Zoe Bell

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Wesley Snipes	...	Marcus
Aunjanue Ellis	...	Rachel
Zoe Bell	...	Floria
Ernie Hudson	...	Clarence
Quinn Duffy	...	Redvale
Gary Daniels	...	Zander
Robert Davi	...	Smith
Eyad Elbitar	...	Driver
Simon Rhee	...	Agent #1
Ho-Sung Pak	...	Agent #2 / Big Mental
Efka Kvaraciejus	...	Agent #4
Carl Anthony Nespoli	...	Agent #4 / Assassin #7
Don Richard	...	Agent #5 / Assassin #8
Jeff Galpin	...	Assassin #1
Vladimir Tevlovski	...	Assassin #2

Storyline

A diplomat's bodyguard and company are injured in a botched assassination attempt. They're all taken to the same hospital, where the bodyguard teams up with a nurse to protect the diplomat from a team of ruthless assassins. The nurse soon learns that there is more to this sticky situation than expected.

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Plot Keywords:

diplomat | nurse | hospital | bodyguard | assassination attempt | 

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Taglines:

Losing is not an option.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 November 2010 (Japan)

Also Known As:

El juego de la muerte

Filming Locations:

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$13,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Perpetual Media Capital, Alchemedia Films, Arramis Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Abel Ferrara exited the project after a few weeks of shooting.

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Goofs

In the vault scene, Redvale says "There you go. A hundred million in hundred-dollar bills", yet the scene shows only two suitcases full of money, when in fact it would be 1 million bills to equal that amount of money in hundreds and would take up much more room - probably filling the vault.

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Connections

Referenced in Bad Movie Beatdown: Half Past Dead 2 (2011)

User Reviews

Overall disappointing

Obviously, this movie should not be confused with the Bruce Lee movie of the same name. The only thing they have in common is the use of martial arts. Anyway, I didn't find this movie as bad as some of the user comments here. Although it was released direct-to-DVD, the production values are mostly strong; this movie could have been released to theaters. Shooting in Detroit also gave the movie a unique backdrop. But I was disappointed in the end. Although the action scenes do show that Snipes indeed knows his martial arts, they were directed and choreographed in a way that drains most of the excitement out them. Also a bad directorial touch was the use of black and white, which comes out of nowhere and seems out of place. The resolution of the climax will most likely leave viewers unsatisfied with how things are wrapped up. But long before that, the movie's mean streak will have turned off viewers (a TON of innocent people get killed during the movie!) Still, Snipes fans may be forgiving of a lot of these flaws, since this will probably be one of the last Snipes movies they'll get to see for a long time, with Snipes now in prison.