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| Surviving the Game | 
 enlarge | Director: Ernest R. Dickerson
Actors: Ice-t, Rutger Hauer, Charles S. Dutton, Gary Busey, F. Murray Abraham
Studio: New Line Home Video
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  40 reviews
Sales Rank: 13420
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 96
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 2
Picture Format: Array
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.6 x 0.6
MPN: TRNDN4895D
ISBN: 078062842X
UPC: 794043489525
EAN: 9780780628427
ASIN: B000031EG1
Theatrical Release Date: April 15, 1994
Release Date: December 21, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Complete with original disc(s), case, and artwork. In stock and ships today!
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Product Description
A homeless man is recruited by a band of wealthy hunters to lead an expedition into the pacific northwest. But on the first day of the hunt he discovers a lethal surprise hes the prey. Special features: theatrical trailer cast and crew filmographies widescreen and fullscreen versions and much more. Studio: New Line Home Video Release Date: 02/03/2004 Starring: Ice-t Charles S. Dutton Run time: 96 minutes Rating: R
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One more time around for the storyline of The Most Dangerous Game, except this one's refitted with explosions, big guns, and a flood of testosterone. Ice-T plays Mason, a homeless man shanghaied from the streets of Los Angeles to work as a guide and all-around man Friday for a hunting party. What the down-on-his-luck fellow soon finds out is that he is the quarry, and has to rely on his own resourcefulness to stay one step ahead of his tormentors. Laden with atrocious dialogue and narrative implausibilities, this is still a fun action movie if seen only for its own merits and nothing more. The fine cast (Gary Busey, Charles Dutton, F. Murray Abraham, John C. McGinley) chews the script until practically frothing at the mouth while trying to out-maniac each other. Busey is the head macho lunatic, but the twitchy McGinley nearly steals the show as he turns the knob on the weirdo meter up to eleven, then breaks it off and throws it away. Ice-T, on the other hand, puts his coping skills to the test as the hapless human prey. Most of director Ernest R. Dickerson's resume has consisted of cinematography work (for Spike Lee, among others), and it shows with the film's competent, almost glossy look. Don't watch Surviving the Game expecting any great statements or overarching agendas, and you'll be surprised by an untentionally goofy action picture with preposterous situations and wide-open-throttle performances. Plus, chances are you've never seen a foot-wide pine tree chopped down with a shotgun (we kid you not). --Jerry Renshaw
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 Ice-T's Best Performance! June 28, 2008
For those of you that don't know, Ice T is a really good actor.
This movie is a classic.
Highly recommended to all manly men! If you like this movie, check out the movie "The Hunted"!
Intense and action-packed modern-day "The Most Dangerous Game" May 31, 2008
This film is basically a modern retelling of the old short story "The Most Dangerous Game"; for those unfamiliar with that tale, it revolves around a man who is tricked into being the prey for a man who tired of hunting animals and began to hunt humans for the challenge. The same happens here: Mason (Ice-T) is a homeless bum who has a run-in with a church worker (Charles Dutton, normally a veritable teddy bear, is just a nasty villain here) who convinces him to contact an associate of his for a job (Rutger Hauer). Flying Mason out to their campsite, he is "hired" as a hunting guide, when in fact he is little more than the prey for a vicious human hunt.
This isn't Oscar material, but it's solid Saturday afternoon fare with a solid cast (Garey Busey, F. Murray Abraham, and John C. McGinley of "Office Space" fame in a deranged role that is the polar opposite of his in the aforementioned film); enjoyable fare.
GREAT ACTION May 31, 2008
ALTHOUGH THE LANGUAGE WAS PRETTY ROUGH IN PLACES, MY HUSBAND & I LIKE THIS VERSION BEST OF THE MOVIES BASED ON "THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME". THE CAST WAS WONDERFUL, THE SETTING WAS GREAT, THE ACTION WAS EXCITING & WE LOVED THE ENDING!
SURVIVING THE GAME March 22, 2008
Surviving the Game
MY MOTHERS AND MINE FAVORITE MOVIE. WHEN WE ARE DOWN WE WATCH THIS GREAT MOVIE ABOUT A MAN DOWN ON HIS LUCK FEELING BAD OVER THE LOSS OF HIS WIFE AND CHILD. HE ACCEPTS A JOB AS A GUIDE FOR GAME HUNTERS AND BECOMES THE HUNTED. WATCH THIS WONDERFUL MOVIE ON HOW HE SURVIVES TURNING THE TABLES ON HIS CAPTURES.
bookworm December 28, 2007
This movie was very intense and violent. Not for anyone under 18. This is a man's movie for sure.
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