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23 out of 100

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5.0 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 57 Ratings

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  • Starring: Nathan Jones, Steve Austin, Vinnie Jones
  • Summary: World Wrestling Entertainment superstar Steve Austin stars as Jack Conrad, a death-row prisoner in a corrupt Central American prison who is "purchased" by a wealthy television producer to take part in an illegal reality game show. Brought to a desolate island, Conrad finds himself trapped in a fight to the death against nine other condemned killers from all corners of the world. (Lionsgate)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 24
  3. Negative: 19 out of 24
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Marc Bernardin
    67
    "Battle Royale," if you've never seen it, is a fantastically sadistic and unapologetically brutal Japanese film from 2000 about miscreants dropped on a jungle island with orders to kill each other for a reality TV show. The Condemned is pretty much the same thing with half the satirical wit and twice the number of wrestlers.
  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    50
    The Condemned isn't post-modern junk, smirky junk, faux junk or clever junk. It's pure junk, with a certain integrity to it.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    38
    Steve Austin is conspicuously inarticulate and uncharismatic. Former soccer lout Vinnie Jones, whom no one will ever mistake for Laurence Olivier, acts rings around him.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 21
  3. Negative: 3 out of 21
  1. Ryencoke
    7
    Much better than I expected. The critics see that it's a WWE movie and automatically lower their score by at least 3 points. Vinnie Jones was hilarious as usual in this movie. Stone Cold actually was a much better actor then I anticipated. The only thing that really sucked was the camera during the fight scenes. You couldn't really tell what the hell was going on. It's obviously a knock-off to 'Battle Royale', which was much better than this of course. Not half bad though.… Expand
    • 2 of 2 users said yes
  2. imthenoob
    5
    Not as bad as the critics say it is. Yes its a rather generic action film but its still enjoyable through out and suprisingly worth the watch. Its not that bad.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. CooterPatooter
    2
    A bunch of unlikeable jerks grunting and cussing and punching and stabbing and running and shooting and hi-yaaing and sweaty boobs bouncing everywhere until all the jerks are dead and one jerk is left alive. Roll credits. So yeah, a WWE movie.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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