The Condemned

"10 will fight, 9 will die. You get to watch."

2007 1h 54m EN

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Jack Conrad is awaiting the death penalty in a corrupt Central American prison. He is "purchased" by a wealthy television producer and taken to a desolate island where he must fight to the death against nine other condemned killers from all corners of the world, with freedom going to the sole survivor.

“10 will fight, 9 will die. You get to watch.”

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Cast

Steve Austin
Conrad
Vinnie Jones
McStarley
Robert Mammone
Breckel
Tory Mussett
Julie
Madeleine West
Sarah Cavanaugh
Rick Hoffman
'Goldy' Goldman
Sullivan Stapleton
Special Agent Wilkins
Manu Bennett
Paco

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Scott Wiper
Writers: Graeme Callander, Scott Wiper, Rob Hedden
Languages: German, English, Portuguese, Spanish
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Earned back only 43% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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Released 19 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: German, English, Portuguese, Spanish.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Condemned Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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264+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Scott Wiper, shot by Ross Emery. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Graeme Revell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Derek Brechin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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The take

Scott Wiper directs. Ross Emery behind the camera. Graeme Revell scores. Derek Brechin cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in German, English, Portuguese, Spanish.

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1Earned back only 43% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released 19 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 4 languages: German, English, Portuguese, Spanish.
4Part of the "The Condemned Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5264+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by Scott Wiper, shot by Ross Emery. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Graeme Revell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Derek Brechin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Steve Austin and Vinnie Jones and Robert Mammone carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "10 will fight, 9 will die. You get to watch.".
11IMDB entry: tt0443473 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 14 themes, including "island", "bomb", "chase", "snuff".

The technical file

Cinematography: Ross Emery
Original score: Graeme Revell
Editing: Derek Brechin
Production design: Graham "Grace" Walker
Makeup / hair: Anita Lowe
VFX supervisor: Julian Parry
Sound: Christopher S. Aud
Stunt coordinator: Glenn Ruehland
Runtime: 114 min · 1h 54m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $20,000,000
Box office: $8,600,000
Return: 43% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: The Condemned (2007)

Part of

The Condemned Collection

The Condemned is a 2007 American action film written and directed by Scott Wiper. The film stars Steve Austin, Vinnie Jones, Robert Mammone, Tory Mussett, Madeleine West and Rick Hoffman. A sequel titled The Condemned 2 starring Randy Orton was released in November 6, 2015.

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tmdb280390232022-09-06
★ 1/10
Co-writer/director Scott Wiper overestimated how many people would pay to watch a webcast of ten convicts forced to fight each other to the death on a desert island, same as WWE overestimated how many people would pay to watch a movie about such a webcast. At least the webcast, even with its supposed 30-hour runtime, presumably doesn’t cut away from the action, such as it is, to secondary subplots and tertiary characters not on the island — it's as if Jurassic Park said, "let's go see what's happening some place else where there are no dinosaurs." “Jack Conrad [Steve Austin] is awaiting the death penalty in a corrupt Central American [Salvadoran, to be exact] prison” (IMDb). So corrupt is this prison that Jack would be the first person executed in El Salvador since the early 70s. I don’t know about cruel, but that would certainly be unusual punishment. Jack is spared this fate by Ian Breckel (Robert Mammone), a "billionaire" TV producer, and taken to a desolate island where he must fight to the death against nine other convicted murderers of multiple nationalities. Each has an ankle bracelet/time bomb, complete with the trusty old Red Digital Readout counting down the 30 hours mentioned above. These bombs are the only thing that comes close to 'thinking outside the box', especially since they can be activated by removing a pin; however, the onscreen execution, as it were, leaves a lot to be desired, and even if it were done right, it would still grow old fast, considering that it's the most common method of killing (accounting for 30% of deaths among participants). Worst of all, Wiper unforgivably squanders the opportunity to have one of the characters amputate his own foot and use it as a makeshift grenade grenade (Nathan Jones is also in this movie, because one bald former pro wrestler apparently wasn’t enough).

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