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The Condemned is a thriller film directed and written by Scott Wiper, and starring former WWE wrestler "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Vinnie Jones, and Rick Hoffman. The fights are co-ordinated by Richard Norton, who also stunt doubles for Jones on some scenes. The movie was produced by WWE Films and released by Lions Gate Films.
The MPAA has given the film an "R" rating for pervasive strong brutal violence, and for language.
It was filmed in Queensland and Vancouver.
On September 18, 2007, The Condemned was released on DVD. On WWEShop.com, the DVD is sold alone or in 2 different packages. One includes the DVD, the book based on the film, and a baseball cap. The other includes the DVD, a t-shirt, and the May 2007 issue of WWE Magazine.
The Condemned is also available on Blu-Ray.
The DVD opened up at number two in the charts, grossing $4.3 million on its opening week.
The critical response to the film was overwhelmingly negative. Rotten Tomatoes lists the film with a 17% rating, registering thirteen "fresh" reviews out of 78, while Meta Critic lists the film as 23 out of 100. Complaints against The Condemned included accusations of plot holes, sexual objectification of the female characters, and massive amounts of violence untempered by comic relief, irony, or plot progression.
The $20 million USD-budgeted film failed at the box office, by most reasonable standards for such calculation. It debuted with a $3.8 million dollar opening weekend in the US. The film lasted only 4 weeks in theaters and closed with a total of $7.4 million dollars.Wikipedia |
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