Six ordinary Americans are chosen at random to participate in a “reality-based” TV show where contestants must kill or be killed. The reigning champion, Dawn Lagarto, is eight months pregnant and will win her freedom if she survives Series 7. –IMDb
Realistic, solidly acted, disturbing and tense, this show may not be the best of its kind but it makes The Running Man look legal.
Ten years on the most amazing thing about this film is that it hasn't come true yet. In this culture of self absorption and violence how far away is this from reality? Hopefully with the upcoming filmization of "The Hunger Games" this film will get rediscovered. Edge of your seat take on "reality" television with a magnificient performance by Brooke Smith (never better).
Series 7: The Contenders, is a very twisted black comedy about six contestants on a reality show. The premise of the reality show is that the contestants are given weapons and have to murder each other… read review