Rollerball
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Metascore
14 out of 100

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User Score
2.5 out of 10

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 29 Ratings

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  • Starring: Chris Klein, Jean Reno
  • Summary: Set in 2005, this update of the classic 1975 film directed by Norman Jewison, focuses on the deadly sport that combines roller derby and basketball and packs arenas around the world.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 28
  3. Negative: 24 out of 28
  1. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Michael O'Sullivan
    70
    A turbo-charged remake that should alienate no fans of the adrenalized 1975 original.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    50
    The game itself is meaningless, and the movie, much the same way, likes it like that.
  3. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    38
    Gets stupider as it moves along. By the end, you just don't care whether that cold-hearted snake Petrovich (that would be Reno) gets his comeuppance. Just bring on the Battle Bots, please!
  4. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    38
    Some movies should never have been made, and high on that list is the addled new remake of Rollerball.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 18
  3. Negative: 14 out of 18
  1. SteveH
    1
    A real disappointment - I didn't expect a copy of the original but I didn't expect something to be this bad. I thought it might get better after a bad start - but it manages to go down hill all the way to the end. It is beyond belief that it could be rated a ten by anyone.… Expand
  2. Bobby
    0
    The Most Violent PG13 Film ever to hit the states. The intense violence, sex, nudity, drugs and blood is insane. This film is one of the few films that somehow got away with the biggest rating mistake of the last 100 years. You see breasts, watch people break bones and get beaten and shattered to there death, you see man on man fights in which the blood just keeps on coming until the lucky one dies. I have never seen anything so intense and disgusting. A shame.… Expand
  3. AlekKolchak
    0
    Having just seen this on cable, I wanted to see if there were any scores above a 1. But as long as I'm here... Not even a so bad it's good, just... bad.… Expand
  4. TerryR
    0
    I've seen better movies in theaters for the blind.

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