Series 7: The Contenders
SERIES 7: THE CONTENDERS (18)
D: Daniel Minahan
Film4/Blowup/Killer (Jason Kliot, Joana Vicente, Christine
Vachon & Katie Roumel)
US 2000
87 mins
Thriller/Comedy
W: Daniel Minahan
DP: Randy Drummond
Ed: Malcolm Jamieson
Mus: Girls Against Boys
Brooke Smith (Dawn Lagarto), Glenn Fitzgerald (Jeffrey
Norman), Mary-Louise Burke (Connie Trabucco), Richard Venture (Franklin James), Michael Kaycheck (Anthony Reilly), Merritt Weaver (Lindsey Berns)
An intelligent and unashamedly smug satire on reality TV,
in which six strangers participate in a television show in which the winner is the last person standing.
Presented as a mix between documentary and black comedy,
it's an interesting film which works very well for the most part, but then fades towards the end.
The cast is made up of lesser known actors, which almost
make it feel more realistic, despite its far-fetched premise.
6/10
