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"Rollerball"
(Reviewed February 11, 2002)
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This movie is just plain bad. It is not offensively, insultingly, degradingly lousy like "40 Days and 40 Nights." It also is not one of those "you may like this annoyingly offbeat movie but I absolutely hated it" flicks like "The Royal Tenenbaums." And it certainly is not one of those "boring as hell but the action scenes and special effects make up for it" films like "Lord of the Rings."
"Rollerball" is just bad. Bad acting, dumb plot, terrible direction. (Just try following what is going on in the Rollerball game scenes, which seem to have been cobbled together from random lengths of film found scattered on the editing-room floor after a violent shredding incident.) Here is how bad it is: A full-frontal nude scene featuring Rebecca Romijn-Stamos reportedly was cut from the film so it would not get an "R" rating, but even restoring that scene would not save this movie from being absolutely awful.
I caught flak recently from one Back Row Reviews reader for giving failing grades to so many movies, but trust me: Anything that gets an "F" from me is something you do NOT want to waste your money seeing. I calls 'em as I sees 'em, folks--and this movie sucks harder than a black hole.
Back Row Grade: F
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