A tournament is watched by dozens of wealthy men betting on which one of the 30 assassins will survive the next 24 hours "kill or die" and claim the USD10,000,000 prize. It takes place in an English town with plenty of CCTVs.
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Title: The Tournament (2009)
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Cast
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| Robert Carlyle | ... | Father MacAvoy | |
| Kelly Hu | ... | Lai Lai Zhen | |
| Ian Somerhalder | ... | Miles Slade | |
| Liam Cunningham | ... | Powers | |
| Ving Rhames | ... | Joshua Harlow | |
| Sebastien Foucan | ... | Anton Bogart | |
| Craig Conway | ... | Steve Tomko | |
| John Lynch | ... | Gene Walker | |
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Nick Rowntree | ... | Eddy Cusack |
| Rachel Grant | ... | Lina Sofia | |
| Bashar Rahal | ... | Asa Sadi | |
| Andy Nyman | ... | Tech Eddie | |
| Iddo Goldberg | ... | Tech Rob | |
| Scott Adkins | ... | Yuri Petrov | |
| Camilla Power | ... | Powers Assistant | |
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Every seven years in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world's deadliest assassins. The last man standing receiving the $10,000,000 cash prize and the title of Worlds No 1, which itself carries the legendary million dollar a bullet price tag. Written by Anonymous
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Every Seven Years The World's Greatest Assassins Gather ... Only One Will Survive See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for strong bloody violence, language and some nudity | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Lai Lai Zhen: You drink too much, and your eyes give you away. You damage your liver.
Father MacAvoy: That's just perfect. That's just exactly what I need. Health advice from a hit man.
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Ian Somerhalder and Kelly Hu both play assassins in this movie. They both play vampires in The Vampire Diaries (2009). See more »Goofs
When the scene of all the random assassin's dying to the music is taking place, one scene shows the clock at 6:38 and change remaining, but 2 scene flicks later it shows the clock behind the Host, and it's at 7:01 remaining. See more »Quotes
Father MacAvoy: God, I need a drink.Lai Lai Zhen: You drink too much, and your eyes give you away. You damage your liver.
Father MacAvoy: That's just perfect. That's just exactly what I need. Health advice from a hit man.
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Alternate Versions
German retail version is cut by ca. three minutes to secure a "Not under 18" rating. The version released in Austria/Switzerland is cut as well (the killing of the dog). See more »
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Release Date:
25 July 2010 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$9,000,000 (estimated)Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$493,459Company Credits
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When I decided to check out "The Tournament" the expectations were moderate. Actually I expected it to be a pleasant DTV title with a couple of cool actors.
What I got instead was a thrilling actioner that surpasses most of the theatrical releases of the same genre. The action is hyperkinetic and violent, and Scott Mann has undisputed Hollywood potential.
The plot about the assassin tournament is clean and simple, a lot like "Taken" and when it comes to comparison between these two films, only advantage for "Taken" is Liam Neeson. "The Tournament" provides solid acting but it doen't have such a potent star. Actually, if we consider its budget, "The Tournament" is really outstanding in terms of casting because it combines available theatrical-feature actors like Kelly Hu, Liam Cunningham,, Robert Carlyle and Ving Rhames with top DTV names like Scott Adkins. Scott Adkins' potential was obvious ever since he first appeared in Isaac Florentine films and in "the Tournament" he is accompanied by Sebastien Foucan, the parkourist we remember from "Casino Royale".
Fight scenes are marvelously staged, with great fight choreography, but also outstanding gunplay and vehicle stunts. When it comes to the sheer amount of action "The Tournament" gives you the most for bang for the buck. It is very hard to invent some new kinds of action set-pieces and choreographies but in a couple of scenes "Rhe Tournament" does that.
Also, you must bear in mind that action is very violent and gory. The sheer amount of gore is comparable to Neill Blomkamp's "District 9". Bloodletting is stylish and lavish and Scott Mann really has the guts (quite literally) to pull it off.
I am surprised that this film failed to get theatrical release. I mean, it's quite obvious that American distributors wouldn't release because none of the stars are a draw in the US but I guess it should've worked quite well internationally.
Writer Gary Young was lucky to move on into theatrical business with Matthew Vaughn production "Harry Brown". I hope Scott Mann will accomplish the same.