The direct-to-video DEATH RING raised a few eyebrows in 1993 for the chutzpah of its ad campaign. "Norris! Swayze! McQueen!" it proclaimed, heralding an epochal mix of Hollywood star power. Well, yes and no, because the fine print notes that the surnames so loudly dropped refer actually to
Mike Norris (brother of Chuck), Don Swayze (brother of Patrick), and Chad McQueen (son of Steve). Celebrity bloodlines notwithstanding, this is simply the umpteenth B-movie variation on Richard Connell's classic 1924 pulp yarn "The Most Dangerous Game."
Danton Vachs (Billy Drago) lives with his henchmen on an island off the coast of Mexico. Vachs arranges human big-game hunt...
Released:
1993
Rated:
R
Length:
91 mins