Rating of
3.5/4
The game is all that matters.
gideon43 - wrote on 05/28/10
Coming across as a great big paradox, Rollerball is a highly entertaining Sci Fi Flick.
Supposedly anti violence and with fairly high aspirations of philosophical argument and social relevance, Rollerball simply works better as a classic future sport movie.
Guys on motorbikes and roller-skates beating the crap out of each other, what more could you ask for in a film.
James Caan as the understated all American sports hero is excellent in possibly his finest role and is given commendable support from John Beck, Maud Adams and John Houseman.
Rollerball delivers a vision of a dystopian society that is as decadent and unsettling as ever portrayed on screen, but it is in its fast paced adrenaline pumping action scenes where it ultimately succeeds.
