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The Condemned
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23 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 24 Critics What's this?

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5.1 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 54 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 19
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 19
  3. Negative: 2 out of 19
  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
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. nickM
    5
    I mean... a 23?!?! its not that bad. Ya, steve austin isnt a great actor, but I mean he works... All im trying to say is that this movie is a movie you rent, or see with a bunch of buddies, not something you go into expecting "Battle Royale".… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. RickA.
    1
    Went in to see a popcorn action movie but got a way too serious movie. The preachy ending and the "message" dont fit into a movie starring a WWE wrestler and produced by WWE itself. As for the action, to close to see anything and in need of a steady cam. If you like the camera jumping around this is the movie for you. Stone Cold grunts and fights well enough but he is not the next breakout wrestling actor ie The Rock.… Expand
    • 0 of 1 users said yes

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