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A former bounty hunter who finds himself on the run as part of a revamped Condemned tournament, in which convicts are forced to fight each other to the death as part of a game that's broadca... Read allA former bounty hunter who finds himself on the run as part of a revamped Condemned tournament, in which convicts are forced to fight each other to the death as part of a game that's broadcast to the public.A former bounty hunter who finds himself on the run as part of a revamped Condemned tournament, in which convicts are forced to fight each other to the death as part of a game that's broadcast to the public.
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- (as Jesi Rael)
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(2015) The Condemned 2
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Cinematography and directed by Roel Reiné that's not actually a direct sequel from the first "Condemned" movie starring Steve Austin. In this second, stars Randy Orton, as he plays "Bail Enforcement Agent" team leader, Will Tanner leading his unit of five to capture baddie, Cyrus Merrick (Wes Studi). Will's team also include Communications & intel specialist, Harrington (Bill Stinchcomb); an interrogator, Lange (Michael Sheets); explosives expert named Cooper (Alex Knight); hand to hand combat, Ryan Michaels (Morse Bicknell) and a sniper named Travis (Dylan Kenin). And as a result of Will accidentally killing his half a million bounty, after six months, he then gets five years probation. The first thing he does besides visiting his dad, Frank Tanner (Eric Roberts) he applies for a low grade job of a toe truck driver on a long desert highway. And it is not long before Will Tanner becomes the number target from Cyrus Merrick's #2 man, Raul Baccaro (Steven Michael Quezada). In other words, Will Tanner becomes "The Condemned", with him having to defend himself from getting killed from his former team, starting from his hand to hand expert Ryan Michaels before him confronting his interrogator James Lange. And at first Will had no idea he is being targeted by Raul Baccaro and his gamblers who were watching him defend himself from his former team, who are attempting to take him out. Watched and televised live by drones and sometimes by riders on ATVs.
Cinematography and directed by Roel Reiné that's not actually a direct sequel from the first "Condemned" movie starring Steve Austin. In this second, stars Randy Orton, as he plays "Bail Enforcement Agent" team leader, Will Tanner leading his unit of five to capture baddie, Cyrus Merrick (Wes Studi). Will's team also include Communications & intel specialist, Harrington (Bill Stinchcomb); an interrogator, Lange (Michael Sheets); explosives expert named Cooper (Alex Knight); hand to hand combat, Ryan Michaels (Morse Bicknell) and a sniper named Travis (Dylan Kenin). And as a result of Will accidentally killing his half a million bounty, after six months, he then gets five years probation. The first thing he does besides visiting his dad, Frank Tanner (Eric Roberts) he applies for a low grade job of a toe truck driver on a long desert highway. And it is not long before Will Tanner becomes the number target from Cyrus Merrick's #2 man, Raul Baccaro (Steven Michael Quezada). In other words, Will Tanner becomes "The Condemned", with him having to defend himself from getting killed from his former team, starting from his hand to hand expert Ryan Michaels before him confronting his interrogator James Lange. And at first Will had no idea he is being targeted by Raul Baccaro and his gamblers who were watching him defend himself from his former team, who are attempting to take him out. Watched and televised live by drones and sometimes by riders on ATVs.
There are so many things wrong with the execution, it often defies logic and ventures into cheesiness, especially towards latter half. The action doesn't work and even looks more unreal than actual pro wrestling stunts. Unfortunately, this leaves the movie with silly slow-mo and random explosions, which only work as mild diversion at best.
Will (Randy Orton) is a former bounty hunter who wants to turn his life around, when suddenly people start popping up in his life trying to kill him. This silly way of killing a target is set by the antagonist Raul as he creates gambling den to bet on Will's life, but the mercenaries appears in such silly determined manner almost like a video game where they must battle enemy one at a time.
The premise is highly illogical, not to mention motivation for characters feel unconvincing. Furthermore, they can suddenly appear or react in very bizarre way for the sake of plot, that they movie just doesn't try to explain anymore in the second half. It just wants the audience to sit back and enjoy the rapid fire and liberal use of explosion.
Randy Orton is pretty good, he does look the simple action hero part. In the beginning, his character is given decent backstory, which the movie drops once the shooting begins. Ironically, for action movie the choreography looks very timid. Expect missed punch and poor editing for fight scenes, and it's even worse when the movie tries to sell the antagonist, who is a foot shorter than the main character and lacks any charisma.
This is a movie of a man wearing plot armor, rushing through bullets and explosions in slow-mo. It's messy in terms of logic and plot, so those wanting a more cerebral action would be disappointed.
Will (Randy Orton) is a former bounty hunter who wants to turn his life around, when suddenly people start popping up in his life trying to kill him. This silly way of killing a target is set by the antagonist Raul as he creates gambling den to bet on Will's life, but the mercenaries appears in such silly determined manner almost like a video game where they must battle enemy one at a time.
The premise is highly illogical, not to mention motivation for characters feel unconvincing. Furthermore, they can suddenly appear or react in very bizarre way for the sake of plot, that they movie just doesn't try to explain anymore in the second half. It just wants the audience to sit back and enjoy the rapid fire and liberal use of explosion.
Randy Orton is pretty good, he does look the simple action hero part. In the beginning, his character is given decent backstory, which the movie drops once the shooting begins. Ironically, for action movie the choreography looks very timid. Expect missed punch and poor editing for fight scenes, and it's even worse when the movie tries to sell the antagonist, who is a foot shorter than the main character and lacks any charisma.
This is a movie of a man wearing plot armor, rushing through bullets and explosions in slow-mo. It's messy in terms of logic and plot, so those wanting a more cerebral action would be disappointed.
The plot does not make sense at all. It almost gave me a headache to try and make sense of the plot while stifling through countless flaws in the movie. The nonsense eventually overpowers the film. The only reason I decide to sit through is for some good ass kicking by Mr.Orton but even that is a disaster. Unnecessary explosions and overhead shots from the drones makes the most of the movie. Felt more like a promotion for drones. If they had stuck to the original plot and made a sequel on just that I believe it would have been much more tolerable. Lionsgate-WWE being such a big production fails to deliver and has been since the past few projects.
The Condemned with Steve Austin was different, unique and had a flare to it. Sure the acting wasn't superb but it was decent. The Condemned 2 was horrible from start to finish. This film was poorly adapted, screenplay had a feel of being written by a high school teen, plot was weak and characters were dreadful. Randy Orton is horrid as an actor and the fight sequences were so distasteful they landed like a middle school fight. I give this poorly done film a 3 out of 10.
Very disappointing! I like Randy and think that he can be fine in movies, however, this whole movie was bad. Not very professional! Script, directing, acting, all bad. One scene, a guy is standing inside a gas station holding a shotgun. In the next frame, the shotgun is gone & he is diving behind a counter with a handgun.
The best actor was Eric Roberts, at least his voice had some inflection in it! However, someone needs to tell Eric that a 1911 is a single action not a double action!
Stopped watching about half way through and can't believe that I lasted that long!
The best actor was Eric Roberts, at least his voice had some inflection in it! However, someone needs to tell Eric that a 1911 is a single action not a double action!
Stopped watching about half way through and can't believe that I lasted that long!
Did you know
- TriviaThe picture seen early in the movie of Will is a real picture of a young Randy Orton. In the picture is Randy with his family. The picture is cropped to not include them.
- GoofsWhen walking into the valley, Will's hands are on/off his gun in different angles.
- Quotes
Frank Tanner: You can't stay out of trouble for 10 goddamn minutes, can you?
- ConnectionsFollows Les Condamnés (2007)
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- The Condemned 2: Desert Prey
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- 1h 30m(90 min)
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