Rollerball (2002 film)

Rollerball is a 2002 remake of the 1975 sciencefiction film of the same name. It stars Chris Klein, Jean Reno, LL Cool J, Rebecca Romijn, and Naveen Andrews. It was directed by John McTiernan and has a much greater focus on action, with more muted social and political overtones than the original. Unlike the previous film, it takes place in the present rather than in a future dystopian society.

Marcus Ridley LL Cool J invites NHL hopeful Jonathan Cross Chris Klein to join him playing for the Zhambel Horsemen in Kazakhstan. The highly paid Marcus and Jonathan are teamed with lowpaid locals, who are often severely injured in the game, which is an extraordinarily violent extension of roller derby involving motorcycles, a metal ball, and many trappings similar to the professional wrestling phenomenon of World Wrestling Entertainment WWE.In the beginning, Jonathan, the teams star player and the poster child of promoter Alexi Petrovich Jean Reno, is enamored by the highoctane sport, the popularity, sports cars and with his female teammate Aurora Rebecca Romijn. But Jonathan and Ridley eventually discover that the cynical Alexi and his opportunistic assistant, Sanjay Naveen Andrews, have a vested interest in keeping the game as popular as possible, through planned gory accidents and ensuring that Jonathan and Ridley cannot quit the team and remain highprofile stars. ........

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