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Surviving the Game
Surviving the Game is a 1994 American action-adventure film directed by Ernest R. Dickerson and written by Eric Bernt. It is loosely based on the 1924 short story "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell. The film stars Ice-T, Rutger Hauer, Charles S. Dutton, John C. McGinley, William McNamara, Gary Busey, and F. Murray Abraham.
Surviving the Game was released in the United States on April 15, 1994, by New Line Cinema. The film received negative reviews from critics and was a box office bomb, grossing $7.7 million against a production budget of $7.4 million (not including advertisement and distribution costs).
Jack Mason, a homeless man from Seattle, Washington, loses his only friends—his pet dog and fellow vagrant Hank—within a day of each other. The dejected Mason attempts to commit suicide but is saved by Walter Cole, a soup kitchen-worker. Cole refers him to businessman Thomas Burns, owner of Hell's Canyon Outfitters. Burns offers Mason a job as a hunting guide. Despite his misgivings, Mason accepts.
Flying to a remote cabin surrounded by acres of woods, Mason meets the rest of the hunting party, all of whom paid $50,000 for the privilege of being there. In addition to Burns and Cole, the party includes: Ted "Doc" Hawkins, a retired Central Intelligence Agent and psychiatrist who's also the founder of HCO; Texas oil magnate John Griffin; and wealthy father-and-son Wall Street executives Derek Wolfe Senior and Junior. On the first night, all the men chat over dinner. Mason receives cigarettes from Hawkins, who relays a story from his childhood...about how his father forced him to fight and kill his own dog, as a lesson in being a man.
The following morning, Mason is awakened with a gun in his face by Cole, who explains that the men are not hunting any animals, but rather Mason himself. Mason is given a head start with only the time it takes the others to eat breakfast. After fleeing the area, Mason gets an idea and turns back. The hunters finish breakfast and go after him. The younger Wolfe is horrified at the thought of committing murder, but is pushed into it by his father. The hunters race off into the forest after Mason, who has surreptitiously returned to the cabin in search of weapons. Instead he finds a trophy room, filled with the preserved heads of victims from previous hunts.
Mason rigs the entire cabin as a boobytrap, using aviation fuel from a nearby shed. While he is doing this the hunters, realizing Mason has returned to the cabin, arrive. The elder Wolfe rushes into the cabin just as Mason ignites the fuel. Outside, Mason engages Hawkins in a fist fight, while the others are rescuing Derek Senior. Hawkins is knocked back into the cabin's trophy room just as the preserving agent explodes, killing him. Derek Junior saves his father, and spots Mason fleeing. The hunt for Mason—armed only with his wits—resumes. Using lit cigarettes, Mason lures Griffin away from the others and takes him hostage.
Over the night, Mason learns why Griffin is taking part in the hunt. Months before, his daughter was killed by a homeless man; ever since, Griffin has been venting his rage, which was triggered earlier when Mason joked about killing his own family. However, Mason meant they died in an apartment fire and he could not save them. Griffin realizes that Mason blames himself for the tragedy. Griffin is freed; returning to the group, he proclaims his decision to not continue the hunt. In response, Cole murders Griffin to prevent any legal conflicts. Mason sabotages Cole's ATV by sticking the ignition-wires into the gas-tank. The resulting explosion rips off most of Cole's lower body, mortally wounding him. Burns then mercy-kills Cole by applying pressure to Cole's jugulars with his fingers. Pursuing Mason, the younger Wolfe takes a fatal fall while crossing a ravine; his father vows revenge.
That night, the elder Wolfe fights Mason to the death; Mason emerges victorious...while Burns flees to the ruined cabin. Thinking he has killed Mason, Burns departs for the city. Days later, back in Seattle, Burns prepares to leave his current identity...thus escaping the legal fallout from the failed hunt. When Burns' car refuses to start, he continues his escape on foot. Suddenly Mason, who has also returned from the forest, engages him in a fight. At last, Mason gets the upper hand, commandeering Burns' gun. But instead of shooting him, Mason unloads the gun and discards it, then walks off. Burns recovers and reloads his gun, then prepares to pick Mason off...without noticing that Mason has jammed the barrel with wadded cigarettes. When its trigger is pulled, the gun backfires explosively and kills Burns instead.
Surviving the Game
Surviving the Game is a 1994 American action-adventure film directed by Ernest R. Dickerson and written by Eric Bernt. It is loosely based on the 1924 short story "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell. The film stars Ice-T, Rutger Hauer, Charles S. Dutton, John C. McGinley, William McNamara, Gary Busey, and F. Murray Abraham.
Surviving the Game was released in the United States on April 15, 1994, by New Line Cinema. The film received negative reviews from critics and was a box office bomb, grossing $7.7 million against a production budget of $7.4 million (not including advertisement and distribution costs).
Jack Mason, a homeless man from Seattle, Washington, loses his only friends—his pet dog and fellow vagrant Hank—within a day of each other. The dejected Mason attempts to commit suicide but is saved by Walter Cole, a soup kitchen-worker. Cole refers him to businessman Thomas Burns, owner of Hell's Canyon Outfitters. Burns offers Mason a job as a hunting guide. Despite his misgivings, Mason accepts.
Flying to a remote cabin surrounded by acres of woods, Mason meets the rest of the hunting party, all of whom paid $50,000 for the privilege of being there. In addition to Burns and Cole, the party includes: Ted "Doc" Hawkins, a retired Central Intelligence Agent and psychiatrist who's also the founder of HCO; Texas oil magnate John Griffin; and wealthy father-and-son Wall Street executives Derek Wolfe Senior and Junior. On the first night, all the men chat over dinner. Mason receives cigarettes from Hawkins, who relays a story from his childhood...about how his father forced him to fight and kill his own dog, as a lesson in being a man.
The following morning, Mason is awakened with a gun in his face by Cole, who explains that the men are not hunting any animals, but rather Mason himself. Mason is given a head start with only the time it takes the others to eat breakfast. After fleeing the area, Mason gets an idea and turns back. The hunters finish breakfast and go after him. The younger Wolfe is horrified at the thought of committing murder, but is pushed into it by his father. The hunters race off into the forest after Mason, who has surreptitiously returned to the cabin in search of weapons. Instead he finds a trophy room, filled with the preserved heads of victims from previous hunts.
Mason rigs the entire cabin as a boobytrap, using aviation fuel from a nearby shed. While he is doing this the hunters, realizing Mason has returned to the cabin, arrive. The elder Wolfe rushes into the cabin just as Mason ignites the fuel. Outside, Mason engages Hawkins in a fist fight, while the others are rescuing Derek Senior. Hawkins is knocked back into the cabin's trophy room just as the preserving agent explodes, killing him. Derek Junior saves his father, and spots Mason fleeing. The hunt for Mason—armed only with his wits—resumes. Using lit cigarettes, Mason lures Griffin away from the others and takes him hostage.
Over the night, Mason learns why Griffin is taking part in the hunt. Months before, his daughter was killed by a homeless man; ever since, Griffin has been venting his rage, which was triggered earlier when Mason joked about killing his own family. However, Mason meant they died in an apartment fire and he could not save them. Griffin realizes that Mason blames himself for the tragedy. Griffin is freed; returning to the group, he proclaims his decision to not continue the hunt. In response, Cole murders Griffin to prevent any legal conflicts. Mason sabotages Cole's ATV by sticking the ignition-wires into the gas-tank. The resulting explosion rips off most of Cole's lower body, mortally wounding him. Burns then mercy-kills Cole by applying pressure to Cole's jugulars with his fingers. Pursuing Mason, the younger Wolfe takes a fatal fall while crossing a ravine; his father vows revenge.
That night, the elder Wolfe fights Mason to the death; Mason emerges victorious...while Burns flees to the ruined cabin. Thinking he has killed Mason, Burns departs for the city. Days later, back in Seattle, Burns prepares to leave his current identity...thus escaping the legal fallout from the failed hunt. When Burns' car refuses to start, he continues his escape on foot. Suddenly Mason, who has also returned from the forest, engages him in a fight. At last, Mason gets the upper hand, commandeering Burns' gun. But instead of shooting him, Mason unloads the gun and discards it, then walks off. Burns recovers and reloads his gun, then prepares to pick Mason off...without noticing that Mason has jammed the barrel with wadded cigarettes. When its trigger is pulled, the gun backfires explosively and kills Burns instead.