Am I the only one to see this?
What an incredibly sharp and overlooked satire on reality tv - clearly the best since The Truman Show, starring the equally overlooked (and tragically underused) Brooke Smith (remember the hostage from The Silence of the Lambs? Yep, that's her!).
We're in the 7th season of a TV show that randomly selects contestants. Their mission? To kill each other until only one survives.
The best compliment I can give to the movie is that the TV show it tries to portray as real is totally believable to the point we can see THIS happen, which makes the whole thing look more disturbing, and thus making a serious case to those of us who think that reality TV producers just don't know how to stop... or do they? There's a channel here in Portugal called TVI that would be
so perfect for this! lol
AND.. worst of all, the whole show becomes addictive and we can't wait to see what happens next and who will live in the end!
Just like we were watching a real version, which of course adds to the "disturbing" factor and makes somewhat understandable the harsh rating it received in some countries...
(And great use of Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" btw
)
Damn, was 2001 the best year for film!
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