September 29, 2009
Great idea but it could have been a lot better, maybe with a better cast and a bigger budget!
Brooke Anne Smith, Brooke Smith, Donna Hanover
Simply put, Series 7: The Contenders totally freaking rules. It takes vicious swipes at both reality television and American culture in general, managing to be both incredibly violent and very,...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 18, 2001
Stats: 313 reviews
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December 5, 2007Hilarious! I love this film. They quicky push you to the edge of what Reality TV can be..then add a love story too. This film holds a mirror up to the American Culture..and reveals some pretty ugly things.
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October 23, 2007Little known biting satire on the horror of 'reality' TV which takes the format to its natural conclusion. Deserves a wide audience.
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July 15, 2007A caustic and darkly funny jab at reality TV. It's amazing how much this looks like the real thing. Don't listen to the narrator- he lies to you. I love the way the final show seems to manifactured, that the truth almost seems irrelevant in the face of such perfect entertainment....( read more)
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September 20, 2009I'd been meaning to see it for ages, and built it up too much for myself! Still good though.
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July 10, 2009This look like a one joke film and it sound like it's based off of 10th victim which is just a kick ass film
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September 26, 2008A brilliantly brutal and darkly funny satire on reality television in which five randomly selected people must hunt down and kill each other. The film is presented like a marathon of the 7th season of the show where contestants are playing for the only prize that really matters; ...( read more)
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July 15, 2008Wow, now this was a crazy movie. It actually looked like real tv, and that?s basically what the show was. Five people get picked by lottery and try to kill each other and end up the last one alive. If I had run across this on cable, I probably would have had to look into it to ma...( read more)
Critic Reviews
March 16, 2001
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
March 1, 2001
David Edelstein, Slate
It's only fitting that we emerge from Series 7 feeling both entertained and implicated. full review
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