Fortress (1992), Stuart Gordon
In a dystopian future, John Henry Brennick (Christophe Lambert) and his wife are sent to a maximum security prison because they are expecting a second child, which is against strict one-child policies.
An entertaining b-movie. The film is actually on youtube.
Three badasses. One badass movie. Will always be one of my badass favorites.
(Source: onefootinthegrave)
“There’s a very intense fight scene with a 14-year-old girl who had been training – well, all of us had been training in stunts and hand-to-hand combat, but I guess she had been training longer than I had been. And she unleashed! I was like, ‘It’s a scene!’ She beat the hell out of me! I was shaking like a chihuahua every time they called action: ‘Please, no!’”
- Jennifer Lawrence, via sfx
Battle Royale; Batoru rowaiaru (2000) 84%
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary “Battle Royale” act.
Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Running Man, directed by Paul Michael Glaser.
The Running Man, 1982, by Stephen King under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman
In the year 2025, the world economy shambles and America has become a totalitarian dystopia. Ben Richards is unable to find work and needs money to get medicine for his gravely ill daughter Cathy. In desperation, Richards turns to the Games Network, a government-operated television station that runs violent game shows. After rigorous physical and mental testing, Richards is selected to appear on The Running Man, the Games Network’s most popular, lucrative, and dangerous program. The contestant is declared an enemy of the state and released with a 12-hour head start before the “Hunters,” an elite team of Games Network-employed hitmen, are sent out to kill him. The contestant earns $100 per hour that he stays alive and avoids capture, an additional $100 for each law enforcement officer or Hunter he kills, and one billion “New Dollars” if he survives for 30 days. Viewers can earn cash rewards for calling the Games Network with information on the runner’s whereabouts. The record time for survival is eight days and five hours wikipedia
An interesting novel, far better than the terrible 1987 movie adaptation. The film has almost nothing in common with the novel, all is changed for the worst. One example: in the novel, Ben starts in New York and flees across the country. In the film, the game is played in a special restricted area.
The Long Walk, 1979, Stephen King under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman
One hundred teenage boys participate in an annual walking contest called “The Long Walk,” which is the “national sport”. Each Walker must maintain a speed of at least four miles per hour; if he drops below that speed for 30 seconds, he receives a verbal warning (which can be erased by walking for one hour without being warned). If a Walker with three warnings slows down again, he is “ticketed.” The meaning of this term is intentionally kept vague at first, but it soon becomes clear that “buying a ticket” means to be shot dead by soldiers riding in half-tracks along the roadside.
The winner receives “The Prize”: anything he wants for the rest of his life. wikipedia
I read this gripping and harsh novel a long time ago, some passages still linger in my memory.
