These are the songs directly from the movie, so while listening to it, you will. Slipknot iowa era playing live, crazy random edits and cuts to subtle the violence, splinter cell chase scene, epic ending that looks like limp bizkit playing in woodstock 1999. This article is part of wikiproject slipknot, an effort to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to slipknot on wikipedia. By michael wilmington, chicago tribune feb 8th, 2002. Weirddumb enough to feature a live performance by slipknot as a lynchpin of the movie. The big thing in 2005 is a violent sport which can have some pretty serious consequences.
Slipknot full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Unlike the previous film, it takes place in the present rather than in a future dystopian society. This is a decent movie but does not touch the original rollerball. Its a good thing rollerball was pushed back from its original summer 2001 release date. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing rollerball 2002 near you.
The films he featured include critically acclaimed documentary sound city 20 as well as boxoffice failure rollerball 2002. It stars james caan, john houseman, maud adams, john beck, moses gunn and ralph richardson. Although the first draft of the script was considered. Along with teammates marcus ridley and aurora, jonathan is living. Jean reno plays petrovich, owner of the hottest sports startup in the world, a rollerball league that crowds both motorcycles and roller skaters on a figure8 track that at times looks like a roller derby crossed with demo derby, at other times like a cruddy video game. Chris klein, ll cool j and rebecca romijn starred in this remake of the 1975 film of the same name. If it had come out then, it would have been lost in a sea of bad movies, indistinguishable from its peers. The masked members of slipknot will appear as themselves in this summers remake of the 1975 film rollerball, according to the bands publicist. Sleaze rockers, beautiful creatures, rappagariya rollerball music. Andre previn, the london symphony orchestra rollerball. Indeed, a statuesque female warrior is always sexy, all the more with that alluring scar on her face.
Rollerball soundtrack from 2002, composed by eric serra. The 2002 version of rollerball is ridiculously conceived, pathetically scripted, horribly cast, with bad music and scenes that have been recut so many times, absolutely nothing makes sense. He is the greatest rollerball player in the world, a game that is played exactly like the sportsball of today except that they use roller skates and motorcycles and a giant. I removed this pages link to the page that lists that worst movies ever because there is no reference to this movie anywhere on this page, thus rendering the link incorrect and. Rollerball is in many ways the perfect four star scifi movie. The screenplay, written by william harrison, adapted his own short story, roller ball murder, which had first appeared in the september 1973 issue of esquire although rollerball had an american cast, a canadian. In retrospect, it was all too prescient on both counts.
It stars chris klein, jean reno, ll cool j, rebecca romijn, and naveen andrews. Slipknot themselves guy ale russian sports announcer azam ali vocals dalila alini club galore twin ghiziane alini club galore twin tristan avakian. Did they think the worlds movie audiences were breathlessly awaiting a whole new rollerball. Slipknot i am hated on rollerball 2002 hd duration. They were there for 7 days rehearsing for the european tour. Mctiernen takes a nearly experimental filmmaking approach to this rollerball remake. James caan plays tom who inexplicably is called jonathan throughout the movie. In this fast actionpacked thriller, jonathan, marcus, and aurora compete in a dangerous, fierce sport called rollerball. The basic gist of the movie is that rollerball is this very violent, rollerderbymeetswwe like sport thats very popular in central asia, russia, china. Jonathan cross, an adrenaline junkie consumed by a passion for extreme sports, agrees to join up with wealthy entrepreneur alexi petrovichs upstart sport. Rollerball is a 1975 science fiction movie based on the future career of nfl legend tom brady. Slipknot is an american heavy metal band from des moines, iowa.
Mctiernans maligned 2002 remake is one of the sharper anticapitalist films of. Jonathan chris klein is the most popular player in the fastest and most extreme sport of all time. Rollerball is referred to as sports entertainment the current euphemism for professional wrestling. Substitute prozac for soma and survivor for rollerball, and we live in this world today. Things go wrong when rollerballs creator, petrovich, realizes that serious. Rollerball 2002 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The film features cameo appearances by pink, slipknot, carroll shelby, and shane mcmahon. Written and performed by slipknot used by permission of roadrunner records. Rollerball 2002 cast and crew cast photos and info.
Slipknot making of rollerball i am hated live uncirculated dvd. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. While it is not at the level of a star wars, it is a cut above films such as logans run or soylent green. Top films 2002 in order that ive seen so far a list of 42. This is the worst possible outcome you could expect from a movie.
Did the film makers really believe including a few seconds worth of slipknot would be enough to fool anyone into thinking that this was a cool movie. The thing that was interesting about the film was slipknots cameo. Sexiest locker room scene i ever saw, she is amazing and badass. Rollerball john mctiernans botched remake may be subtler than norman jewisons 1975 ultraviolent futuristic corporatesports saga. Rollerball is truly one of the worst movies ever made, a film that is disastrous on every frontas a pointless remake, as a thrilling action movie, as sociopolitical commentary, and as a piece. The band playing during one of the games did not actually star in the movie however. In defence of rollerball the capitalist satire come good. Rollerball 2002 the sopranos 2001 soundtrack slipknot.
Yet that doesnt make the entire bands cameo in the film rollerball any less odd. Rollerball is a 2002 remake of the 1975 sciencefiction film of the same name. It was directed by john mctiernan and has a much greater focus on action, with more muted social and political overtones than the original. Rollerball at that time was one of the few that rose above the rest. Bread and circuses are back, and they are playing at a multiplex near you. I mean, it totally doesnt work, but at least its weirddumb instead of regulardumb. They were my all time favorite band around 20022003 and i remember in middle. Corporations rule, executives are in charge, and movies like john mctiernans remake of rollerball are our rollerball. Released by emi in 2002 containing music from rollerball 2002. It fit in with all the other movies, many b movies, of the time. With chris klein, jean reno, ll cool j, rebecca romijn. List of corey taylor works includes commercially successful albums like all hope is gone and come whatever may. Although, jonathan and marcus try to quit, cruel and vindictive promoter alexi petrovich jean reno encourages them to still participate. Queen of the damned 2002 leather scene hd 720p duration.
Release date was then pushed again from august all the way to february of 2002, due to all the post production work causing delays. Along with teammates marcus ll cool j and aurora rebecca romijnstamos. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Rollerball slipknot, hardknox, rappagariya, beautiful creatures. We as a band are excited to be part of this movie, the group had said in a statement prior to the films 2002 release. Director norman jewisons original 1975 rollerball was an odd mix. Rollerball slipknot, hardknox, rappagariya, beautiful creatures, eric serra.
A journey to india written by rick rhodes and danny pelfrey courtesy of megatrax production music inc. Jonathan cross is an allamerican hotshot, the most popular player in the fastest and most extreme sport of all time. Best scene in the movie besides the actual gameplay. Rollerball is a 1975 science fiction sports film directed and produced by norman jewison. The movie is set in 2005 in a central asian republic apparently somewhere between uzbekistan and mudville. Although, johnathan and marcus try to quit, cruel and vindictive promoter alexi petrovich encourages them to still participate. When i heard that this movie was out and on amazon i was very excited to see how it had improved on the plot.
400 372 338 372 727 859 788 615 371 376 416 91 633 44 641 1100 28 569 631 566 904 1073 329 379 841 528 650 766 1357 1260 1476 601 833 441 171 831 353 1109 654 165 352 659 1035 1451 42 1200 441 330 1438 162 512