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SERIES 7 [DVD]

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4.1 24 ratings

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Format	DVD
Language	English, Japanese
Number Of Discs	1

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Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.78:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 2.93 Ounces
Media Format ‏ : ‎ DVD
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ Japanese
Language ‏ : ‎ Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00008DZ5M
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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K. Kingston

I couldn't stop watching

Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2006

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Wow! This movie blew me away. One of the best mock-umentories EVER!! (Trailer Park Boys is great too) If you've ever wondered what it would be like to be in a position where you have to kill or be killed, you must see Series 7: The Contenders! Welcome to the future of entertaintment!

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Bryce C. Job

Super funny

Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2013

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This movie hits my sense of humor right on the dot. A friend and I really enjoy watching this from time to time. We've been talking about making a short film based on the type of story this had. It's never boring and has a bunch of funny twists. Good show. I'd recommend!

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scott drumheller

Yup

Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2018

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K. D. Kelly

The blackest of comedies

Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2006

This is "Truman Show" had it been directed by a dog-off-his-leash Charlton Heston foaming at the bit and handing out ammo like caramel chews from a firetruck at a parade. Basically the same idea as "Battle Royale" with a healthy two scoops of the reality TV heart-to-heart confessional booth slop: Five residents of a town and the previous week's winner of The Contender, the top-rated show in the nation, are given guns and told to kill the other players. The prize? Face off next week against five more contestants. The parting gift? Death. A complete fantasy world in which America has embraced its perverse thrill for violence by the scruff of its neck, winners of The Contender are referred to as "heroes." Anyone not thoroughly revolted (yet also mesmerized the way eyes are drawn to flashing lights and warm blood racing away from a car crash) by the extreme disregard for life in this world will likely cringe when a love triangle unfolds between the previous week's "hero" -- who also happens to be an expecting mother -- a suicidal artist/testicular cancer sufferer (a nod to "Fight Club?") who used to be her goth lover/partner in crime in high school, and the artist's wife. "Series 7" is a thorough commentary on our cripled society and perhaps its ultimate conclusion: Consumer = disposable product = ultimate entertainment. Too bad it's out of print. I found a used copy for about $18 from Amoeba in SF.

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Sheckie Green

succeeds in every milieu it invades

Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2006

Employing an accomplished television parlance, Daniel Minahan's SERIES 7: THE CONTENDERS mixes the gritty vérité of "COPS" with a hyperbolized competition that dwarfs the contests of television shows like "Survivor," "The Mole," or "The Runner" (the latter ultimately deemed "too sensitive" for production). Shot on digital video, SERIES 7 stars Brooke Smith as Dawn Logarto, an expectant mother and reigning champion of this horrific competition wherein six randomly chosen civilians struggle to kill off their opponents. Their prize? Nothing more than staying alive and fighting in SERIES 8. Keeping the details of the contest sketchy keeps SERIES 7 from becoming a science fiction story and, in turn, gives it more punch.

Director Minahan presents SERIES 7 as a full season of a program boiled down to a tight 87-minute running time. As with actual television programs of its ilk, SERIES 7 creates drama in its presentation. The contestants come from vastly different backgrounds--from the "Angel of Death" nurse, Connie (Marylouise Burke), to the blowhard loser, Tony (Michael Kaycheck). Minahan drives further into television faux-reality by placing SERIES 7 in Dawn's home town and making one of the contestants an old high school flame--Jeffrey Norman (Glenn Fitzgerald), a terminally ill artist with a long-suffering, manipulative wife (Angelina Phillips).

SERIES 7 presents characters in rapid-fire shorthand but, remarkably, none of them come off as stereotypes. Rather, they're infectiously enjoyable and become so familiar so fast that the audience can invest in them (save for the underplayed Frank (Richard Venture), a conspiracy theorist).

By consciously employing the clichés of "reality shows," Minahan brings to fore commentary about the desires of today's audiences while not overpowering the film's narrative. Indeed, audiences have found SERIES 7 disturbing in the film's ability to minister to and underscore the undeniable bloodlust that prevails in today's "enlightened" society.

SERIES 7: THE CONTENDERS succeeds in every milieu it invades. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said about its distributor, USA Films. Except for "key markets," SERIES 7 played in few U.S. venues. It seems that USA hoped to shirk any potential controversy that this insightfully violent film could incur. After avoiding several major film festivals, USA dumped the film onto video and DVD in late 2001--not bothering to make the film available to several major retailers or to update the film's well-crafted website with this information.

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Kid Chaos

Oddly fascinating

Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2006

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.). My rating: 7/10.

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E. E. Smith

I want the last 85 mins of my life back!

Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2006

I can describe this movie in just one word: TERRIBLE.

Everything about it was terrible - the production, the budget, the acting, the storyline (yes they have to kill each other for the show but why? what happens if they don't? did they enlist for the show? um why???? do they just keep killing until they are killed?), the character development (what was with the crazy old guy??) and finally the music (if you could call it that).

I haven't written a review before but felt it was my civic duty to warn others not to watch this. If only I could rewind time and have those 85mins back. You have been warned.

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