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Rollerball, directed by John McTiernan of Die Hard fame, skates into theaters today. Starring Chris Klein (the American Pie movies), LL Cool J (Toys, Any Given Sunday), Jean Reno (The Professional , Ronin) and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos (X-Men, Dirty Work), this film depicts a future in which corporations, instead of countries, govern the people of the world. The story focuses on an extremely popular sport called Rollerball— created by executives in order to avert attention from their tyrannical control over the general populace, the show gradually becomes more and more violent as the man in charge, Alexis Petrovich...
...original to comment on the activities of multinational corporations.” The previews of this new rendition make the violence the focus, using it as a means to attract moviegoers, the very same tactic used by the “bad guys” in the movie. Perhaps McTiernan intends it this way to make some commentary about contemporary moviegoers as well as large corporations, to point out our own mindless magnetic attraction to action films while we ignore the important issues of the world. On the other hand, there is the more likely possibility that this action film...
Directed by John McTiernan...
...size of a handkerchief," recalls Russo, who gazed through the gossamer and asked, "Why don't you just paint some glitter on my body instead?" After a few test shots, she shrieked, "Oh, my God, you can see my entire a__!" Sensitive to her insecurities, director John McTiernan cleared the set, eliciting grumbles from crew members eager to see Russo strut her stuff with co-star Pierce Brosnan...
...their battle against these strange mysterious creatures (sci-fi anyone?) that consume everything in their paths. The still aristocratic Omar Sharif (of Funny Girl fame) also stars. Release has been delayed several months because of flaws in production. It's also been rumored that the original director John McTiernan was let go in the middle of filming with Dr. Crichton himself taking over directorial duties. The Buzz Blood. Antonio Banderas. Blood. Vikings. Antonio Banderas. $100 million budget. Antonio Banderas. Will this film do well? The proof is in the "pudding...