adonis98-743-186503 Jack Conrad is "purchased" by a wealthy television producer and taken to a desolate island where he must fight to the death against nine other condemned killers from all corners of the world, with freedom going to the sole survivor. The Condemned is far from being one of WWE's best films but it's definitely not their worst one either. Steve Austin does a pretty good job with what he has and the same goes for Vinnie Jones. The Condemned is action packed and a whole lot of fun and a pretty much entertaining action flick to rent and watch. (7.0/10)

Rsharath-56-859676 This was my movie after i watched the movie "The Tournament"..Though the concept seems to be relative, condemned has a whole new prospect of story...The idea of dropping the criminals in the island and make them to fight for their lives has worked out wonderfully....The acting of Steve is not bad and in my opinion he would have done better...The action scenes are well carried out throughout the movie and action lovers will love it for sure...Overall, a good movie worth a watch.... :)

BA_Harrison Ten death-row criminals—eight hard-as-nails men and two women with awesome racks—are 'purchased' from corrupt prisons around the world and taken to a remote island where they are equipped with explosive ankle devices (one tug on the red tag and Kablooey!) and pitched against each other in mortal combat for the entertainment of internet subscribers. Last man standing (or woman—as if) walks free.This Battle Royale inspired action flick could have been a hugely enjoyable, old-school, adrenaline-fuelled action romp: the basic premise is an oldie but a goodie; WWE wrestler 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin makes for a reasonable hero—a tough US black ops agent desperate to be reunited with his wife (who, as it happens, also has a fine set on her); and ex-footie hard-nut Vinnie Jones proves surprisingly good as sadistic ex-SAS soldier McStarley, a man who enjoys his work a little too much.Unfortunately, the film is seriously hampered by unnecessary plot threads, an unforgivable lack of gore (too many characters simply disappear in massive fireballs), some irritating directorial techniques (shaky cam—grrrr!), and hypocritical, heavy handed preaching about the immorality of violence as entertainment (an action flick in which nearly everyone dies is an odd choice of platform to deliver such a message).5.5 out of 10, generously rounded up to 6 for the lovely Emelia Burns as deadly African-American hottie Yasantwa.

Leofwine_draca Imagine an American remake of BATTLE ROYALE with a cast of wrestlers and hard-men actors (and actresses) instead of schoolchildren and you have, in a nutshell, THE CONDEMNED.It's a violent RUNNING MAN-type movie that sees ten fighters dropped off on a deserted island where they must battle to the death. The action plays out to Internet subscribers (a nod to the modern era) whilst the old "exploding collars" are present around each muscled calf and weapons are dropped in by parachute. Sound familiar? It is, and yet the scriptwriters attack this familiar premise with gusto.The movie is very fast paced and full of incident. Having previously watched two other WWE-made films (one of which, a gory horror entitled SEE NO EVIL, was okay, while the other, a would-be action flick called THE MARINE, was terrible) I was in two minds about this one, but I found it the best yet. Not because it's original – it's not, and it never strives to be. But the direction is well handled and the situations frequently exciting. Sure, the characters could have been better drawn and the villains are rather weak – other than the typically larger-than-life Vinnie Jones – but director Scott Wiper handles his plot elements with no shortage of style.Steve Austin is the hulking hero, a guy whom it's easy to like in this film. The supporting cast, including the likes of Rick Hoffman and the gigantic Nathan Jones and a couple of buxom women, are very good. The violence is shocking and occasionally disturbing, and the action sequences, although brief, are well shot and fitfully exciting. There are a few procrastinations on the nature of violence in the media and man's inhumanity to man, which I felt got in the way of the story a little, but for the most part THE CONDEMNED does the job nicely.