Rollerball
“In the not-too-distant future, wars will no longer exist. But there WILL be...The Game”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 47, rated by 1 admin.
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Corporate power settles its anxieties through a violent sport, until its star refuses to retire on command. James Caan keeps this dystopia grounded while the arena supplies bone-rattling spectacle. It is serious, well-made genre cinema for a darker double bill, with an exceptionally unreasonable rulebook.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 3.5/10
- Plot
- 6.5/10
- Effects
- 1.5/10
- Dialogue
- 4.5/10
- Rewatchability
- 7.5/10
“The league would prefer its biggest star to stop having opinions.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 47
Synopsis and movie facts
In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.
- Released
- 1975
- Directed by
- Norman Jewison
- Running time
- 125 min
Starring
- James Caan as Jonathan E.
- John Houseman as Bartholomew
- Maud Adams as Ella
- John Beck as Moonpie
- Moses Gunn as Cletus
- Pamela Hensley as Mackie
- Barbara Trentham as Daphne
- Shane Rimmer as Rusty, Team Executive
Research behind this pick
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- Film reference · themoviedb.org
TMDB identity and credits retrieved on 2026-11-10: Rollerball (1975), directed by Norman Jewison. The importer rechecks identity, poster, synopsis, release date, runtime, genres and cast against live metadata.
- Review · badmovies.org
The review follows the corporation's effort to control Jonathan and the increasingly dangerous game, presenting the sporting violence as part of a deliberate dystopia. Full review text retained from earlier catalogue research and consulted again on 2026-11-10; no claim of a fresh page download.
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