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Seven millennials must kill or have their heads explode. To survive, they may turn on each other or target innocent townspeople in their secluded town on a fateful day.Seven millennials must kill or have their heads explode. To survive, they may turn on each other or target innocent townspeople in their secluded town on a fateful day.Seven millennials must kill or have their heads explode. To survive, they may turn on each other or target innocent townspeople in their secluded town on a fateful day.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total
Erniel Baez
- Tyler
- (as Erniel Baez Duenas)
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A bunch of youngsters play a mysterious game in which u either have to kill a person every one hour or the player's head will explode. Nothing new here. Even the kills aint inventive.
When it comes to the screenplay, nothing new. At least the makers shud have focused on creating some tension or suspense.
Apart from the watermelons exploding scenes n some pretty faces, this film is a total time waster.
It has some lousy shaky cam stuff n pov shot scenes.
When you read the synopsis, you know you're not getting A Grade horror.
It was entertaining, lots of blood, funny in parts and bust strange. I still don't get the wierd make out scene between brother and sister - I literally had to rewind the movie and watch the beginning again in case I was wrong about them being related... I was not.
Anyway, if you have time to kill definitely watch it. Teenagers are idiots.
It was entertaining, lots of blood, funny in parts and bust strange. I still don't get the wierd make out scene between brother and sister - I literally had to rewind the movie and watch the beginning again in case I was wrong about them being related... I was not.
Anyway, if you have time to kill definitely watch it. Teenagers are idiots.
Demonstrates the true nihilism of life in a very create, new and uncomfortable way, all answering the question of how much worth a human life is. Especially when it's weighed in other human lifes. Not boring, very heavy on the gore, quickly paced and not boring for a second.
Make no mistake, the plot for "Game of Death" is nonsensical, implausible and even downright imbecilic. On the other hand, it's also the most original, refreshing and straightforwardly efficient plot for a gory horror flick that I've seen in a few years. Lately, I admit, I've been whining and complaining that practically all gritty/gory horror films nowadays are about repulsive cannibalistic & inbred families entrapping a bunch of wayward teenagers and submitting them to extreme torture. The idea behind "Game of Death" is refreshingly different and I feel obliged to give it some extra appreciation for that reason. The style and vision of the directors' duo (Sebastien Landry and Laurence Morais-Lagace) is also very energetic and tinsel, with flashy opening credits and entire sequences/montages that look like footage from a typically 80s video game. The film starts with a group of young Millennial teenagers doing their thing: drinking by the pool and surrendering to their hormonal lusts. They stumble upon a seemingly harmless and vintage board game called "Game of Death" and naturally don't resist to play. After "donating" drops of their own blood via the finger, the game determines that they must murder 24 people, or else they'll die themselves. Obviously they laugh away the concept at first, but things get dead serious when heads start exploding out of the blue. The script doesn't bother to explain, so I won't either, but somehow the game registers the murders they are committing and counts down until the next head-explosion. Some members of the group turn into psychopaths with brutal survival instinct, whereas others become philosophical martyrs. I've read about comparisons between this film and "Scanners" or "Battle Royale", but that's only because heads are exploding. The simple truth is that "Game of Death" is a fun & undemanding stand-alone horror quickie. The film is extremely gore, with lots of fake blood and mediocre CGI-effects, fast-paced and blackly comical. The girls look yummy and the whole thing is finished after barely 75 minutes, what could you possibly expect more from a silly B-movie?
Lots of awesome executed deaths with lots of blood splattering all around. Story is simple. Kill or die.
Will watch again.
Did you know
- TriviaSebastien Landry and Laurence Morais-Lagace are the director duo of this film. This is Sebastien Landry's 2nd feature film and Laurence Morais-Lagace's 1st feature film.
- GoofsThe size and angle of the doodle dick on Kenny's face vary.
- Crazy creditsThere is a post credit scene showing more footage of manatees.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Nightmare on Film Street: Win Or Die: GAME OF DEATH (2020) (2022)
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- Also known as
- Игра смерти
- Filming locations
- Montréal, Québec, Canada(Royal Victoria Hospital - interiors, palliative care home scenes)
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $8,120
- Runtime
- 1h 13m(73 min)
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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