'The Condemned' was shot using high-end Genesis cameras from Panavision -- the same pricey HD cameras used for 'Apocalypto' and 'The Lookout. Great. ‘The Condemned’ represents the beginning of a big risk for Big Finish, albeit one full of potential and intrigue. The Condemned tests conventions about prisoner treatment in a powerful and emotional documentary about a Russian penal colony. The Condemned Review. Tweet. The movie was violent, yes, but no more violent than some of the PG-13 films I have seen in the past. Apr 27, 2007. Now on to "The Condemned": I had low expectations for this movie, mainly because it was advertised as a purely action genre. The Condemned movie reviews & Metacritic score: World Wrestling Entertainment superstar Steve Austin stars as Jack Conrad, a death-row prisoner in a corrupt Central American prison who is "purchased" by a … T he Condemned can claim an intriguing twist on the usual haunted-house storyline: a mansion populated by the ghosts of an entire generation of children, mysteriously vanished under the aegis of American humanitarianism. Absolutely! The plot of televising people fighting one another for survival has been used before, and usually end up the same way. After her attempt to stop the Cybermen left her marooned in the distant future, Charlotte Pollard never gave up hope that someone would rescue her. In "The Condemned," the director Roberto Busó-García frames a haunted house tale in the remote town of Rosales, Puerto Rico. THE CONDEMNED borrows from a number of sources, but its focus on mass media ethics calls to mind the weirdly campy Running Man. Would I recommend this movie? That was the movie in which game show host Richard Dawson oversaw a to-the-death contest featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger (in an astounding pink Lycra suit). But the film is too close to a fairy tale to reflect the real world, and too realistic in its context to be timeless. Sins of the Past: Buso-Garcia’s Sophomore Feature a Familiar Exercise Returning with his first feature since his 1999 debut Paging Emma, Puerto Rican writer-director Roberto Buso-Garcia brings us a haunted house thriller, The Condemned, which attempts to serve classic spine-tingling chills at the same time as it explores dark historical circumstances through a sort of […] This is my first review after over a year of not writing reviews, but it feels good to be back. 'As a result, the gorgeous source is in pristine condition and paves the way for a near-flawless transfer of the film. Could “The Condemned” have been made with a PG-13 rating? ... Review; Share. The Condemned Review By Blake French When a movie features superstar wrestlers in leading roles, usually it's a glaring signal to drop everything and run from the multiplex. The film charts the return of a wealthy family's patriarch, Dr. Puttnam (Axel Anderson), to face the locals whom, decades before, he tricked into receiving radiation treatments for cancer research. Directed by Scott Wiper from a screenplay by Wiper and Rob Hedden, The Condemned is a cross between The Diry Dozen and The Running Man with some Survivor thrown in for good measure. The only thing I felt that gave it an R rating was the overuse of the commonly used curse word heard in an R rated movie. With The Condemned, the thirst for violence turns to the Internet, and wrestler Steve Austin becomes a moral compass for the hypocrisy of society. Director Roberto Busó-García frames a haunted house tale in the remote town of Rosales, Puerto Rico cameras for. 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