Given the opportunity to participate in a life or death reality game show, one man discovers there's a lot to live for.Given the opportunity to participate in a life or death reality game show, one man discovers there's a lot to live for.Given the opportunity to participate in a life or death reality game show, one man discovers there's a lot to live for.
John Hans Tester
- Anders
- (as Hans Tester)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaJake Johnson has stated in interviews that the inspiration for the movie's plot were various Japanese game shows with extreme premises that he watched in his youth.
- Quotes
Tommy: So let me get this straight, it's 30 days, right? and you guys are hunting me for my life but you cannot touch me if I am with someone and the hunters might not even ever make it to my city, so there's a chance I spend the entire 30 days and no one even finds me and then I get a million dollars, that's the game?
Magnus: Are you interested?
Tommy: Let's play.
- SoundtracksEvery Step of the Way
Written by Harvey Scales (as Harvey L Scales)
Performed by Harvey Scales and the Seven Sounds
Courtesy of The Numero Group
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Missed potential
This movie had a lot of premise, great actors, great idea and actually decent execution. The problem is that while 30% of the first part of the movie will hook you, the last 70% will bore you so much you might even get up and walk out of the sofa. I understand that that was both directed and written by Jake Johnson, but if he had more input from another writer, this could have become a cult classic. Instead we're left with something that feels unfinished, lost, confused and plain frankly, not a comedy and more of a "thriller". If they had more ideas to the story, more characters and more drama, this could have been a golden nugget.
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- Jan 12, 2024
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- Самодостатність
- Filming locations
- Highland Park, Los Angeles, California, USA(Tommy is chased by cowboy just before finding limo.)
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- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
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