2009 · horror · action · thriller
The Tournament
Directed by Scott Mann1h 35m2009
Every seven years, in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world's deadliest assassins. The last man standing receives the $10,000,000 cash prize and the title of World's No. 1 Assassin, which itself carries the legendary million dollar-a-bullet price tag.
Our read: The Tournament (2009) reads as a heavy, breathless, grounded horror · action · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, breathless, extreme horror / action, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- kinetic
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
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How The Tournament feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want nonstop assassin battle-royale chaos in one British night.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if relentless gunplay and exploding trackers will wreck your mood.
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