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Post by stefancrosscoe on Dec 9, 2021 12:50:30 GMT
I am not sure of how well this did on the box office charts or if it got put out on straight to video when it got released. But it seemed to be a really popular video/rental release back in the day. If only they would make "DTV" films, half as good as this, and with such a lively cast of greats as well. Unfortunately, Surviving The Game was a flop at the box office. But at least it got more attention on video. In some ways, I kind of wished it would have gotten a sequel or follow up, maybe with a whole new cast, more or less. Where you would follow pretty much the same scenario/plot of the original, but maybe change the wilderness tone with a more inner city setting, yet also add in some new stuff and surprises along the way.
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Post by lostinlimbo on Dec 10, 2021 1:42:27 GMT
 Surviving The Game (1994) A homeless man is conned into thinking he has been hired as an assistant for a hunting party, only to find out he is actually the prey for the hunters. When I first saw this back in the day I thought it was highly original, then I learned the basic premise has been done many times before, starting with a 1930s film called A Most Dangerous Game, so it turns out it wasn't so original after all. Regardless, this is still engrossing action fare that never lets up for a minute once the hunt is on. Not always credible or believable, but still delivers the goods in high style. Talk about a top notch cast! We have Ice-T, Rutger Hauer, Gary Busey, and F. Murray Abraham. Once again Hauer displays an eccentric acting style, and Busey is again more than a bit unhinged and he plays this type of character so well. But the best piece of acting probably goes to John C. McGinley; here he plays a very disturbed man that's about to go over the edge. He definitely gives Busey a run for his money. The story was remade yet again as Apex, starring Bruce Willis. This one was just released last month. Massively underrated flick. Between this and Demon Knight, I really wonder what ever happened to Ernest Dickerson. He was on a roll there in the 90's... I would agree about McGinley, but I do have to say it- I think this movie has the single best piece of acting Garey Busey ever did: “According to Rutger Hauer, Gary Busey wrote his entire dinner monologue about the origin of his scar himself. The script had several scenes of Hauer's character Burns establishing his natural leadership by reminding the other hunters to abide by his rules. Originally, the dinner scene would be the moment where he puts Busey's character Doc back in his place. However, on the day of rehearsals, Busey came up with a two-page monologue about his dog that he wanted to try out. Hauer felt that Busey was obviously trying to steal his scene away by not giving him a chance to intervene in his monologue. So during the actual filming, Hauer improvised a quick response to the story by calling it "bullshit", which greatly confused Busey. However, Busey's delivery so impressed the director and the other actors that his monologue was kept in the final film, and Hauer's retort wasn't used.” IMDb trivia.
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Post by lostinlimbo on Dec 10, 2021 2:17:44 GMT
 Director Don Siegel’s ‘Charley Varrick’ is an excellent follow up to Dirty Harry. Well-shot, smoothly plotted and exemplary acted crime-thriller.
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