Rollerball

There are several good reasons to remake ROLLERBALL: Norman Jewison's 1975 futuristic nightmare hasn't dated particularly well and its vision of a corporate dystopia in which televised bloodsport is considered entertainment has already come to pass. But from the looks of this film, director John McTiernan couldn't think of a single one. In a future so immediate it could be next week, Rollerball, a hot new start-up sport that combines motocross, roller derby and lacrosse, is taking Central Asia by storm. The game is fairly straightforward: Members of two competing teams skate around a figure-eight shaped track, passing a silver ball back and forth until one player get...