Game of Death (2011)

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, Zoë Bell

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Wesley Snipes	...	Marcus
Aunjanue Ellis	...	Rachel
Zoë Bell	...	Floria (as Zoe Bell)
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:

bank vault | hedge fund manager | death in title | nurse | hospital | 

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Taglines:

Winning is everything

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Part of the casting come from The Expendables franchise.Gary Daniels was in The Expendables (2010), meanwhile Wesley Snipes and Robert Davi were in The Expendables 3 (2014).

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Goofs

When Smith was being wheeled to the elevator, a blonde lady is seen walking around the group at the lobby of Redvale building. When they zoom out, you can see her again this time, just rounding the corner and when she should have been long pass the group.

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Quotes

Redvale: So, CIA gone bad?
Floria: I never knew a good CIA.

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Alternate Versions

In the German dubbed version, various fight sounds (bone breaking etc.) have been reduced to a very low volume.

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Connections

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

User Reviews

Not as bad as expected!

I don't understand why people vote this movie so down, because its not as bad as a lot of other Snipes movies of the past and there were certainly a lot. Who likes a halfway decent story is right here, who wants to watch 08/15 action movies, is also right here, just the ones who do not like Snipes because of his tax-problems should not watch this movie and certainly not vote it down, maybe even without seeing it.

The most annoying thing of the movie is the lead female part, sometimes really badly annoying because so predictable and as well the pseudo- hard rock music. Nevertheless to me personally its the best movie Snipes did in the past 5-6years! And so a good 6 on the "richter scale"... ;)

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 June 2011 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

El juego de la muerte

Filming Locations:

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$13,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$189,805

Company Credits

Production Co:

Perpetual Media Capital, Alchemedia Films, Arramis Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1