It is the year 2018 and society is rid of war and poverty, and the only violence left is supplied by the corporation-controlled rollerball teams, who fight to the bloody finish with spikes and motorcycles in a sport combining roller derby, football, and hockey. When champion rollerball
player Caan is asked to retire because the corporate executives who rule the world are fearful that he has become too popular with the masses, he fights the move. To get rid of him, the corporate executives decide to change the rollerball rules and make it a fight to the death. Produced and
directed by Norman Jewison, this science-fiction film envisions a time when major corporations...
Released:
1975
Rated:
R
Length:
129 mins