Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Ogosmith Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Melanie Bouvet The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Tweetienator The 70s got some of the best sci-fi movies ever done: Soylent Green, Colossus, Silent Running, Solaris, The Omega Man, Logan's Run, Westworld, Dark Star, Star Wars, The Black Hole, Alien, Mad Max, Stalker and and and.One of those classics is Rollerball with James Caan as the superplayer of a deadly game, made by the corporations who rule now the world to entertain the masses. Jonathan (James Caan) the hero of the masses got so famous and popular that the bosses get afraid of him.Many of those mentioned movies may look now a little old-fashioned or vintage compared to the modern sci-fi CGI galore productions but despite the very reduced special effects compared to the contemporary movies they got innovative ideas, good to superb directing and - imo the far better actors. Nowadays Hollywood darlings are imo really shallow to watch if I compare them with such titans like Heston and Cann and the many nameless good sidekick- actors.This one is the mother of all Gladiator movies in a sci-fi/dystopian context. Watch.

edwagreen The films dealing with a futuristic society have a tendency to go way overboard and this 1975 film is no exception.It comes down to rollerball player James Caan fighting the executives of the corporation who control this outrageous sport attempting to force him into retirement at the height of his career.Fresh off his supporting Oscar win 2 years before for "Paper Chase," John Houseman again comes across as a pompous domineering executor whose very sinister appearance spells doom.As the rules change, the sport in question becomes far more violent and at this point the film goes further down in quality.

vesil_vesalier It's interesting to see how some films can be unaffected by time, and how others are DIRECTLY affected by it, in terms of their appreciation as the years go by.Consider THE STING. I consider it a painting of the time, a time capsule that captures the Great Depression in a very unique way, showing off not only the story-line but the beautiful backdrops of what was happening to America at the time. This movie does not age, because it is literally frozen in time.When it comes to ROLLERBALL, there is no way it could NOT age poorly. When I think about cell phone technology, it is a direct reason as to why people today would have a problem relating to a film that dared to proclaim the future, and missed by thousands of miles. Technologically speaking, compared to today's world, the movie's inner-workings seem to be just plain silly. Does this detract from the quality of the film?Not for my money, no.All films are fictionalized, no matter how realistic they may be. The actors do not actually die. The things you see flashing up on the screen are not real. CSI actually takes weeks, not an hour an episode. We are dealing with fantasy here, guys. Not reality. You have to consider everything when you watch a movie. Especially one like this, one that dared to predict the future.The main point of the film is just as solid as ever, and just as threatening as it ever could be. In a world where corporations rule everything, one of them tells the best player of Rollerball to give it up. Quit. Let the younger guys play, your time has come.The only trouble is, he's at his prime. It's not like he's starting to decline, or that somehow he's ready for the locker room. Jonathan E is playing the best damn game of Rollerball in his life. And why would anybody want to give that up? So he chooses to defy the corporations, and this is truly where the movie gets interesting. In his defiance, they begin to change the rules. As they change the rules more and more drastically to try and force him to quit, he becomes more and more defiant. One of the only criticisms I would have in the movie is one of semi-logic, and believe me I dismiss it as quickly as it comes up: Do you really think having his best friend go brain-dead would STOP him? I would think it would just push him harder.Braining Jonathan E would make more sense. But I guess a corporate world based all on fear tactics would rather have him submit than be beaten. And that's what we see. His inability to be beaten. His inability to submit.And that is what I celebrate about this film. That is what makes the film work for me. You have the subplot of his unfortunate relationship with his ex-wife, which some could argue one way or another when it comes to who left who and why, but it really doesn't matter. He dreamed about her. He came to realize it was JUST a dream. He gave it up.But NOTHING could make him give up Rollerball.

trashgang I still remember this flick as seen on telee as a kid together with my father, yes, nostalgia. I still knew a few things about it and with the Blu Ray release it was time to pick it up again. First of all, an excellent performance by James Caan. But seeing it again nowadays it is a strange flick. It takes place in the future and you can see that with the excellent settings used. The story itself is a bit weird and the main reason, why Jonathan E (Caan) has to quit isn't explained at all. The took his wife away from him and the only thing he wants is to see her again but things turn out differently. The rollerball game itself do offer some nasty shots, nowadays it is laughable but back then it was a rather rough flick. Clocking in at 2 hours it is a bit too long here and there and rare things are going on like for example always watching rollerball games at parties or shooting with fire toward trees.It is said that it is a classic and indeed they made a remake but it isn't for everybody..Gore 0,5/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 2/5 Story 2,5/5 Comedy 0/5