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Game of Death

Play trailer 1:26 Poster for Game of Death Released Jul 3, 2020 1h 13m Horror Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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Under the spell of an evil board game, seven teenage friends must kill a certain amount of people to prevent their own heads from exploding.
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Game of Death's over-the-top violence and gore will be too much for some, but genre fans up for some bloody thrills will find it well worth playing.

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Simon Abrams RogerEbert.com A killing spree ensues, though 'spree' makes it sounds a lot more fun than Game of Death ever really gets. Rated: .5/4 Jul 14, 2020 Full Review Dennis Harvey Variety The film is sure to develop a cult following among viewers in the same general age range as its protagonists. But don't expect their parents to approve. Jul 8, 2020 Full Review Katie Rife AV Club Game Of Death's playful tone does land some absurdist laughs, but attempts to reconcile the film's ironic distance from its pervasive bloodshed and the serious moral conflict produced by the game's rules land with a splat. Oct 27, 2017 Full Review Jason Adams My New Plaid Pants Game of Death has got reach-out-and-touch-it viscera to spare. You can practically feel the intestines squeak between your fingers. Jan 14, 2022 Full Review Alix Turner Ready Steady Cut Seven friends play a mysterious game, and with a name like "Game of Death", what do they expect? I didn't expect much, but it was bright, fun, creative, and splattered with blood. Rated: 3.5/5 Feb 27, 2021 Full Review Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh The overall unlikability of the cast made a majority of the narrative frustrating and unenjoyable, with its frenetic editing compounding the irritating experience. Rated: 2/5 Feb 5, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 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 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 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 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 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Cringey, terrible acting, and just plain bad. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Under the spell of an evil board game, seven teenage friends must kill a certain amount of people to prevent their own heads from exploding.
Director
Sébastien Landry, Laurence Morais-Lagace
Producer
Mathias Bernard, Pierre-Alexandre Bouchard, Philip Kalin-Hajdu
Screenwriter
Edouard H. Bond, Sébastien Landry, Laurence Morais-Lagace
Distributor
Cleopatra Entertainment
Production Co
Les Productions La Guérilla, Blackpills, Rockzeline
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 3, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 14, 2020
Runtime
1h 13m
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