Con Games

Con Games is a 2001 American direct to video action drama film written and directed by Jefferson Edward Donald, starring Tommy Lee Thomas, Eric Roberts, Martin Kove, Amy Fadhli, and the late Matthew Ansara.

Principal filming began in May 2001. To prepare himself for the film, actor and coscreenwriter Tommy Lee Thomas trained for seven months prior to shooting in order to get in shape, and his sessions included training by Lou Ferrigno. Thomas acknowledges having studied muscle magazines and appearances in them, as well as competing in bodybuilding competitions. Thomas realized the advantage of getting a recognizable name for his film and was able to secure Erik Roberts. While Roberts did not have the star power he held in his earlier career, he still had enough so that Thomas was able to facilitate the films release in the U.S. and overseas. Keaton Simonds was to sing the song for the films end credits, but Eric Roberts sang the song instead after Simonds changed his mind.Film Threat praised both the film and its star, writing that the film was a very entertaining Blevel action film that was released in 2002 to barely any acknowledgement. They made note of the films low production values and budget, and that the scenes depicting the prison itself reflected this in the small number of inmates and even fewer number of prison guards. They noted Tommy Lee Thomas as having cowritten the screenplay, and wrote that he was the fuel to this vehicle, that clearly he studied a lot of Clint Eastwood films and he mastered the legendary stars steelyeyed squint and sparse line deliveries, and that he clearly possesses a sense of eccentric humor. They concluded As lowbudget action flicks go, this one is very diverting and highly watchable. ........

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