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Ice-T, Rutger Hauer, Charles S. Dutton

Mason, who lives on the streets, wants to cease his life when on the same day his two best friends die: His dog and an older man with whom he shared his food and roof. Just in time Cole, from a charit...( read more  read more... )y organization, can prevent his suicide and also offers him a quite well paid job as servant for a hunting party in the Rocky Mountains. Mason accepts the job and flies with them to a hut in the wilderness where they prepare everything for the four rich businessmen who want to hunt something special. Mason does not yet know that he is the victim of their sports that should lead to the basic insticts of man, but they did not count with his cleverness...

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R, 96 min.

Directed by: Ernest R. Dickerson

Release Date: April 15, 1994

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DVD Release Date: December 21, 1999

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  • DrZeek
    January 11, 2009
    DrZeek
    Cole: You know why we're gonna find you Mason? Cause I can smell your stinkin' ass from here.

    A hilariously bad action flick that stars Ice-T as a bum, selected to participate in a man hunt on a secluded island. The story is a loose adaptation of The Most Dangerous Game and has ...( read more)both Rutger Hauer and Gary Busey competing for craziest actor of the year and F. Murray Abraham far away from getting his Oscar for murdering Mozart.

    Jack Mason: ALWAYS check the barrel.
  • franktowers
    September 28, 2007
    franktowers
    i forgot what this movie was called
  • lavenderfawn
    May 24, 2007
    lavenderfawn
    This is a really cool film,. even if it is 'action'.
  • LisaMJ
    May 28, 2008
    LisaMJ
    Good.
  • trisarahtops22
    October 27, 2007
    trisarahtops22
    An interesting premise, very average movie.
  • NuditysShiver
    October 4, 2009
    NuditysShiver
    Thomas Burns (Rutger Hauer) and Doc Hawkins (Gary Busey) share the same psychotic instincts here. It's just a shame that Hawkins had to die off first. He was actually the most entertaining to watch and carried the plot pretty well. I also thought he was more of a leader than Burn...( read more)s. After his death, Surviving The Game went to Ice-T as Mason. A suicidal homeless man that was tricked into a game of death as the hunted from five businessmen. He actually turned into the hunter switching the game on them. Something the men did not expect. Then again, it added more enjoyment to their hunt. They finally got a worthy opponent in Mason.
  • Blaxunshine
    September 7, 2009
    Blaxunshine
    Hunting man for sport isn't an original idea but the cast in this survival film make it worth a little something especially Gary Busey who's just off his fucking tree (only in it briefly; sadly he's the first to be killed by Ice T). In fact the entire hunting cast is a little ins...( read more)ane; taking a little too much zealous in their man hunting sport...they even had trophy head in jars like they were cryo-genically preserving them (name plates & all)
  • craigs1979
    August 5, 2009
    craigs1979
    Freaky thought, people could easily get away with that. With a lot of money any way.
  • levestergreen
    April 14, 2009
    levestergreen
    An Ice~T classic joint which relates to life so much, so just try your best in surviving the game of life! That's what's up!
  • Soundsofmadness
    January 10, 2009
    Soundsofmadness
    No thankyou - Not interested.

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  • Chattymother29
    May 16, 2007
    Chattymother29
    I have this movie and seen it over 20 times.I can see it 20 more times.I love this movie
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