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The Tournament (2009)

R  |   |  Action, Thriller  |  25 July 2010 (UK)
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Every seven years in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world's deadliest assassins. The last man standing receiving the $10,000,000 cash ... See full summary »

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Every seven years in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world's deadliest assassins. The last man standing receiving the $10,000,000 cash prize and the title of Worlds No 1, which itself carries the legendary million dollar a bullet price tag. Written by Anonymous

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Death by elimination See more »

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Action | Thriller

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Rated R for strong bloody violence, language and some nudity | See all certifications »

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25 July 2010 (UK)  »

Also Known As:

Bérgyilkosok viadala  »

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$8,000,000 (estimated)
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Although the character played by Camilla Power is called Miss Hunter in the movie, she appears in the credits merely as 'Powers' Assistant.' See more »

Goofs

When Lai Lai opens the suitcase and holds up the 9PM there is a close up of her hand. Then the next shot is of her turning off the shower, with a noticeably very different hand. See more »

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Father MacAvoy: Let us pray.
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Get Freaky With Me
Composed by Fabian "R-CANE" Schlosser
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Interesting premise but not nearly as spectacular as it could be
19 October 2009 | by (Portugal) – See all my reviews

When I saw the trailer for this film I immediately thought The Tournemnt had potential to be one of best action films of the last years, unfortunately that's not the case. The premise is very interesting even if flawed; every seven years somewhere in the planet(usually in a random city) a tournament between the world's deadliest assassins takes place. 30 assassins fight against each other in a bloody battle royale hoping to survive. The last one standing wins the tournament and receives a cash prize and more importantly the title of world nº1 assassin. This is obviously a receipt for lots of action,fighting,blood,death and so on... But as much as I love the concept, the movie felt short of my expectations...there are a couple of well done fighting scenes but overall the action in the film is not nearly as spectacular as the trailer led me to believe, it's just not impressive at all considering other action films that have been done before, and the few twists in the story are very easily predictable. The acting was average, while Ian Somerholder and others did a good job, Ving Rhames, for instance, was constantly over-acting. The tournament could have been amazing,instead it is a forgettable movie with a few more or less known actors that doesn't deliver what it promised.

5.5/10


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