Before Quibi died, I watched the first two episodes of this and enjoyed them, but couldn't get over the format. So I was intrigued by news that it had been edited to feature length. Again, the beginning is pretty good, with the always charismatic Christoph Waltz mesmerizing. After a few minutes I popped some corn and settled in for a fun evening. But then things fall apart pretty quickly. Film looks like it was made on the budget of an old TV Movie of the Week (for you youngsters, that's not a compliment).
For nearly a century, the tale "Most Dangerous Game" has been rightly anthologized in Greatest Short Stories collections. Great story. Hard to screw it up. They screwed it up. By using multiple charicatured villains - hunters - the filmmakers transformed the essential 1-on-1 uneven battle of the original into a pale, thrill-less imitation of the Borne hunts. Doesn't work, and gets worse as it goes.
Avoid. Except for the first 15-20 minutes of Waltz. And in fairness, Helmsworth ain't bad.
For nearly a century, the tale "Most Dangerous Game" has been rightly anthologized in Greatest Short Stories collections. Great story. Hard to screw it up. They screwed it up. By using multiple charicatured villains - hunters - the filmmakers transformed the essential 1-on-1 uneven battle of the original into a pale, thrill-less imitation of the Borne hunts. Doesn't work, and gets worse as it goes.
Avoid. Except for the first 15-20 minutes of Waltz. And in fairness, Helmsworth ain't bad.