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Release Date: 2001

Cast: Angelina Phillips, Donna Hanover, Caitlin Bateman, Will Arnett, Merritt Wever, Tom Gilroy, Tanny McDonald, John Ventimiglia, Stephen Michael Rinaldi, Marylouise Burke, Alex Yershov, Michael Kaycheck ...MORE

Cast: Angelina Phillips, Donna Hanover, Caitlin Bateman, Will Arnett, Merritt Wever, Tom Gilroy, Tanny McDonald, John Ventimiglia, Stephen Michael Rinaldi, Marylouise Burke, Alex Yershov, Michael Kaycheck, Glenn Fitzgerald, Jennifer Van Dyck, Brooke Smith, Richard Venture, Danton Stone ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Action/Adventure, Crime Thriller, Parody, Thriller, Action, Comedy, Media Satire, Satire, Black Comedy

Series 7: The Contenders is a 2001 film directed by Daniel Minahan. The movie is presented as a marathon of the seventh series of an American reality television show called The Contenders, where six people, picked at random from a national lottery, are each given a gun and forced to hunt and kill each other for the cameras. The film is a dark satire of the reality television genre. It stars Brooke Smith as Dawn, the reigning champion from the sixth series. It shares similarities with cult Japanese film, Battle Royale, 1986 Schwarzenegger vehicle The Running Man, and several other... MORE

Series 7: The Contenders is a 2001 film directed by Daniel Minahan. The movie is presented as a marathon of the seventh series of an American reality television show called The Contenders, where six people, picked at random from a national lottery, are each given a gun and forced to hunt and kill each other for the cameras. The film is a dark satire of the reality television genre. It stars Brooke Smith as Dawn, the reigning champion from the sixth series. It shares similarities with cult Japanese film, Battle Royale, 1986 Schwarzenegger vehicle The Running Man, and several other films. Five new contestants are selected in a seemingly random lottery and, along with the winner of the previous series, comprise the six Contenders. Each series of The Contenders is played in the limits of a chosen city or town. Contenders are given a gun, though they may acquire other weapons, and the last one left alive is the winner. Contestants are forced to play the game, regardless of whether they desire to. A contender who wins three tours of the game is freed from it. The film purposely leaves many key details unexplained, as the viewer is supposed to be watching only what the creators actually LESS