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The Condemned

2007

Scott Wiper

Steve Austin, Vinnie Jones, Robert Mammone, Victoria Mussett ...

4.7

5,119

Action. Thriller An adrenalin-charged action thriller, "The Condemned" tells the story of Joe Conrad (Stone Cold Steve Austin), 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.

	Media	Author	Review
		V.A. Musetto New York Post	"Wiper makes no attempt to humanize his characters or to add a bit of desperately needed humor (...) A bad rip-off of the 2000 Japanese sensation Battle Royale (...) Rating: 0 (out of five)"
		Claudia Puig USA Today	"If you thought getting voted off the island on Survivor was tough, The Condemned takes that concept as ridiculously and hideously far as can be imagined (...) Rating: ★ (out of four)"
		Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News	"It's not only morally bankrupt but, between the ludicrous script and Z-level acting, scrapes the bottom of the entertainment barrel, too (...) Rating: ½ (out of five)"
		Carrie Rickey Philadelphia Inquirer	"Austin deserves better material than this. So do we"

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