Rollerball

Rollerball (2002)

  • 3% of critics liked it
    (115 reviews)

  • 22% of users liked it
    (36,004 ratings)

This remake of the classic 1975 science fiction film follows the same basic story line but focuses far more on the sports action of the fictional game at its center. Chris Klein stars as all-American athlete Jonathan Cross, the most popular player of "Rollerball," a violent 21st century sport mixing… More

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PG-13, 1 hr. 38 min.
Directed By
John McTiernan
Written By
John Pogue, Larry Ferguson
Genres
Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy
In Theaters
Feb 8, 2002 Wide
On DVD
Jan 10, 2006
MGM/UA Distribution Company

Critic Reviews

  • Robert Koehler, Variety

    Although Norman Jewison's stolidly grim and ultimately ludicrous 1975 original was hardly a landmark of nightmarish sci-fi, it towers over this.

  • , Entertainment Weekly

    The new version just makes you feel like you've been watching a lame late-night rerun while stuck in a thunderdome.

  • Jeff Stark, Salon.com

    John McTiernan's botched remake may be subtler than Norman Jewison's 1975 ultraviolent futuristic corporate-sports saga. It's also stupider.

  • Mark Holcomb, Village Voice

    It's almost enough to make Burton's Apes retread seem like a work of artistic ingenuity.

  • Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

    ...really horrible drek.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jeff "


    What is there to say about this remake of the classic film? words aren't enough to describe the abomination that is Rollerball. The film is dreadful with a bad script, bad acting which goes well with the bad actors, and what surprises me is that it was made by John McTiernan the… More

  • Conner R


    While it's not an incredible movie or defining of the genre, this is a fun movie that never tried to be above itself. It took a pre-existing concept and went with it, I think the main reason it was slammed so hard is that it really should have been done a decade before or after.… More

  • KJ P


    I was extremely disappointed! I expected this really cool action movie, but it obviously was not anything like that!

  • Jani H


    "Rollerball!!" This disgusting piece of cinema is a remake of a minor classic from the 70's. The original wasn't that good, pretty boring actually so why bother making a remake of it? The story is simple and stupid, the dialogue is awful and the acting is… More

  • Dean M


    This remake of the popular 1970's sci-fi thriller is the worst and silly action I ever saw.

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