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In this crime drama, a crime boss ponies up $10 million to the winner of a gunfight to be held in a derelict correctional facility. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 44 min.

Directed by: Albert Pyun

Release Date: November 21, 1997

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DVD Release Date: June 5, 2001

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  • May 31, 2011
    Not a bad concept from Mr Pyun this time, a crime boss gets all his enemies in one place and holds a competition to win 10million, thing is the competition is an outright killing match between everyone with no rules accept survive anyway you can. This of course equals a mass of g... read moreun fighting and violence as baddies scramble to win and survive which could of been totally cool but Pyun has gone down the lighthearted route and added a silly soundtrack of upbeat tunes along with a black/gallows type humour. I like the idea of gallows humour but I just feel this could of been much better as an out n out serious hard action flick. Still its pretty good, has afew of Pyun's regular favourite cast and the always annoying mistake that allot of action flicks suffer...a seemingly never ending stream of henchmen/cannon fodder which always leads you to ask yourself...'where did they all come from?'.
  • September 5, 2008
    I enjoyed watching this movie. There is a lot of action and the story is alright (not the best but god enough). I would recommend renting it one night.
  • June 22, 2007
    odd out movie starring christopher lambert and ice t. syndicate hired murderers who have misbehaved locked in a prison and told kill everybody and the last three alive split ten mil. great fun a must see.
  • June 4, 2007
    This is one of the most entertaining movies I've ever seen. It isn't a great movie by any strech, but it is a whole lot of wierd wrapped into a shoot-em up movie.
  • May 27, 2007
    a action film that didnt get a lot of attention,but should have with a great cast and plenty of action it is hard to find now but worth trying to find.
  • January 25, 2007
    Exremely low budget flick from the master of crap Albert Pyun. Surprisingly mediocre thanks to an okay script and alright actors (Lambert and Ice T). Saving money by using just one location let the producers put more into the screenplay and acting.

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Emanuel Levy
August 22, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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Dragan Antulov
February 19, 2004
Dragan Antulov, rec.arts.movies.reviews

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Kim Newman
March 3, 2002
Kim Newman, Sight and Sound

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