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Rating: 6.5 stars

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All movies seen on 07/17/2023

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The Tournament (2009)

Directed by Scott Mann

Action | Thriller

Most recently watched by sensoria, JohnPeel, BTSjunkie, noahphex, seanCduregger

Overview

Every ten years, in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world’s deadliest assassins. The last man standing receives the $10,000,000 cash prize and the title of World’s No. 1 Assassin, which itself carries the legendary million dollar-a-bullet price tag.

Rated R | Length 95 minutes

Actors

Ving Rhames | Robert Carlyle | Ian Somerhalder | Kelly Hu | Liam Cunningham | Sebastien Foucan | Craig Conway | John Lynch | Nick Rowntree | Rachel Grant | Andy Nyman | Iddo Goldberg | Scott Adkins | Camilla Power | Tamika Cameran | Bashar Rahal | J.J. Perry | Velimir Velev | Tom Wu | Borislav Iliev | Bill Fellows | Mark Stobbart | Tony Mooney | Kaloian Vodenicharov | Atanas Srebrev | Jonathan Frank | Petya Dimitrova | Michael McCoy | Zarko Karatanchev | Andrey Slabakov | John Warburton | Dustin Ingle | Victoria Higginson | Harry Anichkin | Julian Vergov | Yordan Gospodinov | Kitodar Todorov | Vicror Boychev | Paul Lyas | Cliff Heaton | Rick Broxup | Joe Leith | Kevin McMahon | Des Traynor | Gaz Randle | Terry Coogan | John Beagley | Phil Quinn | Erica Wild | Sophie Wilson | Hayley Broxup | Suzanna Anderson | Winston Carrington | Nathan Doyle | Andrew Sutch | David Slater | Nisar Smiler | Sel-Vin Kuik | Velizar Binev | Neil Mountain | Paul Bowels | Robbie Hardy | Thomas Newton | Alan Graves | Kristina Pavlova | Steven Monkey Mason | Siso Kamburov | Steve Tomkow

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Did a Ving Rhames double feature tonight. Worth noting, however, that this is as much Kelly Hu’s movie as his. She’s great as a lead and it makes me sad she didn’t get more opportunities like this. She has a super fun fight with Scott Adkins in a church which is the highlight of the movie. I wish Adkins got more screentime bc his character is amusing.

The action, the practical FX and stunt work are all top notch. It’s the story that drags it down with Carlyle’s character. On paper this probably seemed like a novel idea for a spin on the classic assassin versus assassin premise. Still a worthy viewing for Hu and all that bloodshed.

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