The highly paid Marcus and Jonathan are teamed with low-paid locals, who are often severely injured in the game, which is an extraordinarily violent extension of roller derby involving motorcycles and a metal ball. However, Jonathan, with the help of his teammates, start a revolution, causing the fans to see the sport for what it really is, and ultimately to kill Alexi. Unlike the previous film, it takes place in the present rather than in a future dystopian society. [citation needed], The film was a box-office flop, earning a worldwide total of $25.9 million compared to a production budget of $70 million. On orders from the studio, around 30 minutes were cut out of the original rough cut of the film and the entire ending was re-shot and changed. Knowles was also one of the people who read the original first draft of the script (one that McTiernan rejected) and he said that it was an amazing script which solved all the problems of the original film. The two are followed by Alexi and several body guards, who attack the two before they can reach the Russian border. [15][16] McTiernan (who was released in 2014) had been in a disagreement with Roven about what type of film Rollerball should be, and had hired Pellicano to investigate Roven's intentions and actions.[17]. [6][7] The film features cameo appearances by Pink, Slipknot, Carroll Shelby, and Shane McMahon. McTiernan's first cut, which was over two hours long, was test screened in Las Vegas around April or May 2001, and got a very negative response from test audiences. Unlike the previous film, it takes place in the present rather than in a future dystopian society. Jonathan Cross is an all-American hotshot, the most popular player in the fastest and most extreme sport of all time: Rollerball. The infamous night vision sequence was actually a re-shot version of the scene. Although the first draft of the script was considered by many to be very good and even superior to the original film, director John McTiernan didn't like it because it focused more on social commentary, while he thought that the audience would like to see more of the Rollerball scenes. Following the negative test screenings, MGM ordered massive re-shoots and re-edits to be done on the film in the middle of 2001. ", "Everyone ends up in the same damned place. PG-13 1 hr 38 min Feb 8th, 2002 Thriller, Action, Science Fiction In this fast action-packed thriller, Jonathan, Marcus, and Aurora compete in a dangerous, fierce sport called Rollerball. [citation needed] Chicago Sun-Times reviewer Roger Ebert called it "an incoherent mess, a jumble of footage in search of plot, meaning, rhythm and sense". Rollerball is a 2002 remake of the 1975 science-fiction film of the same name.It stars Chris Klein, Jean Reno, LL Cool J, Rebecca Romijn, and Naveen Andrews.It was directed by John McTiernan and has a much greater focus on action, with more muted social and political overtones than the original. It stars Chris Klein, Jean Reno, LL Cool J, Rebecca Romijn, and Naveen Andrews. [10] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade B- on scale of A to F.[11], Time Out's Trevor Johnson described it as "a checklist shaped by a 15-year-old mallrat: thrashing metal track, skateboards, motorbikes, cracked heads and Rebecca Romijn with her top off". ", "Rollerball movie review & film summary (2002)", The costliest box office flops of all time, "Judge sentences McTiernan to year in prison", "John McTiernan sentenced to prison : Die Hard director lied to FBI about Pellicano", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rollerball_(2002_film)&oldid=979406205, Films based on science fiction short stories, Wikipedia articles with plot summary needing attention from March 2015, All Wikipedia articles with plot summary needing attention, Articles with unsourced statements from June 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 20 September 2020, at 15:24. The release date was then pushed back from May to 13 July 2001 by MGM in order to test the movie again, hoping that they would find the right audience for it. 1975 science-fiction film of the same name, John McTiernan § Criminal charges, felony conviction, and incarceration, "ROLLERBALL to be gutted to PG-13 and released Feb. Upon its release, the film received negative reviews, and was criticized for the lack of the social critique that was in the original film. The year is 2087, the setting is the moon. Following the escape attempt, Alexi tries to stage a public execution of Jonathan by removing all the rules from the upcoming Rollerball match, along with trading Aurora to the opposing team (as requested by Jonathan in an attempt to get away from danger). Romijn-Stanos was also nominated for Worst Actress but lost to Madonna for Swept Away. The release date was then pushed back again from August all the way to February 2002, due to all the post production work causing delays. The movie was filmed in about 15 weeks, between July 24 and November 2000. 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