I find all "reality" shows to be exceptionally tedious, and movies about "reality" shows even more so (Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen in "The Challenge"? Bor-ring). This movie, however, was pretty good. Basically, it's 5 people set loose on the streets of Danbury, CT (so close to home!), armed and dangerous (they're issued a 9mm semi-automatic pistol at the start of the show, but it's no-holds-barred from there), and licenced to kill...each other.
One of my favorite scenes was at the mall, where the contestants were all drawn by a phony note. The young girl "Lindsay Berns" (Merritt Wever) not only had her pistol, but an M-16 (semi-auto only), a 12-gauge pump-action shotgun *and* a bulletproof vest (a gift from her boyfriend). She winds up being beaten to death with a metal cane (*severe* head trauma), by the older guy, Franklin James (Richard Venture). He is then shot by Connie Trabucco (Marylouise Burke), who is wielding a sniper's rifle. You won't see *that* on "Big Brother" or "Survivor"!
Overall, very solid entertainment, even though it loses points by being a fake "reality" show (SEE: "Joe Schmoe", "Scare Tactics", etc.)...6/10.
One of my favorite scenes was at the mall, where the contestants were all drawn by a phony note. The young girl "Lindsay Berns" (Merritt Wever) not only had her pistol, but an M-16 (semi-auto only), a 12-gauge pump-action shotgun *and* a bulletproof vest (a gift from her boyfriend). She winds up being beaten to death with a metal cane (*severe* head trauma), by the older guy, Franklin James (Richard Venture). He is then shot by Connie Trabucco (Marylouise Burke), who is wielding a sniper's rifle. You won't see *that* on "Big Brother" or "Survivor"!
Overall, very solid entertainment, even though it loses points by being a fake "reality" show (SEE: "Joe Schmoe", "Scare Tactics", etc.)...6/10.