Surviving the Game
Seen it?1994 | 96 min | Action, Thriller, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Monday Morning MaybeWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With just 35% on Rotten Tomatoes, a lukewarm 6.2 out of 10 from audiences and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans, anyone who likes to be kept guessing and action fans. If you loved The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, start here.
- The mood
- Tense, dark and gritty.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 36 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: meant for adults.
A homeless man is hired as a survival guide for a group of wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip in the mountains, unaware that they are killers who hunt humans for sport, and that he is their new prey.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
35% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesBelow par
6.2 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$8 million worldwide on a $7 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 89K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson
- Rutger HauerBurns
- Ice-TMason
- Charles S. DuttonCole
- John C. McGinleyGriffin
- William McNamaraWolfe, Jr.
- Jeff CoreyHank
- Gary BuseyHawkins
- F. Murray AbrahamWolfe, Sr.
- Bob MinorSecurity Guard
- Lawrence C. McCoyHotel Clerk