Game of Death

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Ian H Pretty standard slasher/gore fest with a cast of unlikeable teens. Liked the last twenty minutes best Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/25 Full Review Alex C I really like this, great gore and interesting premise. I think the acting was good, unsure it why it has such a low score. I would recommend! Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/13/23 Full Review Audience Member I like the idea of a board game of death kind of thing but this whole movie felt pretty generic and cheesy some of the time but I guess thats just me. I liked the part where the guys head explodes at the pool that made me laugh Lol Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member The finely aged brick of cheese that is GAME OF DEATH is sharp and sour to the palette but might take an acquired taste to fully enjoy. And some wine. Or any kind of alcohol. So, you'll probably need to drink to really enjoy this one. I appreciate when actors take such ridiculous concepts so seriously. Their dedication helps me see a story through to the end. The movie also isn't afraid to fill itself with characters that made me uncomfortable. As for the story, once the game begins, it has good momentum, moving forward thanks to the timer set by the game. Then, while the characters playing the game are m oving forward, we get these odd tonal shifts with entirely different characters seemingly out of nowhere. But side characters turn out to be important. Their interaction with the main characters brings a shift in the main character's decisions or disrupts their intentions. There's also an alpha and beta story between several characters and within themselves. Some characters are either accepting they're alpha and going forward or discovering they're beta and dying, and the story includes shifts in alpha and beta status. The game itself is a little tongue in cheek. The invulnerable death game board (shown sunk in water and still functional - get it?) is a 1980s digital game but its introduction plays off like its some ancient curse - as if the 80s is some ancient time. There's a ridiculous callback to the 80s also when one characters is afraid he's contracted AIDS from the device. Probably the most hilarious parts of this movie aren't the exploding heads, but how such dumb concepts are well thought out. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member The gratuitous gore is laudable, humorous, and executed adeptly but gore alone is not what should define a movie. The plot is somewhat thin but it does entice the audience to explore existential questions and moral truths, and tops it off with the classic "what would you do" theme. These philosophical and metaphysical concepts are as blatantly obvious as the gore. Overall, they do a decent job at gradually adding depth to the characters and their relationships with each other. However, I might have rated this higher if the end wasn't so disappointing with the philosophical conclusion it forces on the audience. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member WARNING TO PARENTS!! On VOD dish, it's rated PG-13. There is NO WAY this should be PG-13. Sexual content in the beginning- masturbating, vagina licking, pedophilic behavior, etc. There is drugs, smoking, alcohol. Very gory and graphic. Rented this because I thought it would be like Nerve. It is NOTHING a THIRTEEN-year-old should watch!! Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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