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{{Infobox film
| name           = The Condemned
| image          = The-condemned-poster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Scott Wiper]]
| producer       = Joel Simon
| screenplay     = {{plainlist|
* Scott Wiper
* [[Rob Hedden]]
}}
| story          = {{plainlist|
* [[Scott Wiper]]
* Rob Hedden
* Andrew Hedden
}}
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Steve Austin]]
* [[Vinnie Jones]]
* [[Robert Mammone]]
* [[Tory Mussett]]
* [[Manu Bennett]]
* [[Madeleine West]]
* [[Rick Hoffman]]
}}<!--Starring roles are determined by poster billing block. See Template:Infobox film instructions-->
| music          = [[Graeme Revell]]
| cinematography = Ross Emery
| editing        = Derek Brechin
| studio         = {{plainlist|
* [[WWE Studios|WWE Films]]
* Colossal Entertainment
* New Wave Entertainment
}}
| distributor    = [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]]
| released       = {{Film date|2007|4|27|United States}}
| runtime        = 113 minutes
| country        = {{plainlist|
* United States
* Australia
}}
| language       = English
| budget         = $20 million
| gross          = $8.6 million<ref name="mojo">{{mojo title|condemned}}. {{Retrieved|access-date=2009-10-31}}</ref>
}}

'''''The Condemned''''' is a 2007 [[action film]] written and directed by [[Scott Wiper]]. The film stars [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Steve Austin]], [[Vinnie Jones]], [[Robert Mammone]], [[Tory Mussett]], [[Madeleine West]] and [[Rick Hoffman]].

The film centers on ten convicts who are forced to fight each other to the death as part of an illegal game which is being broadcast to the public.  ''The Condemned'' was filmed in [[Queensland, Australia]].<ref name="queensland">{{Cite web
| url = http://www.carnivalaskew.com/content/nines-new-drama-series-to-be-filmed-in-queensland
| title = Nine's new drama series to be filmed in Queensland | publisher=Carnival Askew
| quote = "In 2006, the company worked on the WWE feature film The Condemned in the Sunshine State"
| access-date = 2009-04-27 }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> [[stage combat|Fight choreography]] was coordinated by [[Richard Norton (actor)|Richard Norton]], who also stunt doubles for Jones on some scenes. A sequel titled ''[[The Condemned 2]]'' starring [[Randy Orton]] was released in 2015.

The film was produced by [[WWE Studios|WWE Films]] and distributed by [[Lions Gate Entertainment|Lionsgate]] on April 27, 2007.

== Plot ==
Jack Conrad awaits execution in a corrupt [[El Salvador|Salvadoran]] prison. He is "purchased" by a wealthy television producer and transported to a deserted island in the South Pacific along with nine other condemned criminals from prisons around the world.  They are "offered" the opportunity to avoid capital punishment and win back their freedom with a pocket full of cash by fighting to the death in an illegal game to be filmed and broadcast live over the Internet.

A bomb is placed on the ankle of every contestant, each featuring a 30-hour countdown timer, a failsafe mechanism that will set off the device, a tracking device, and a pin (similar to a [[grenade]]) that will detonate the bomb after a ten-second delay. The winner will have the bomb removed and be given their freedom as well as a pocket full of cash as the prize. Ian Breckel, the TV show's creator and showrunner, is aiming for online ratings that equal or beat the latest [[Super Bowl]] reception of 40 million television viewers.

As the broadcast progresses, [[FBI]] agents discover Conrad's real identity as Jack Riley after a tip from one of Conrad's former classmates. Conrad is discovered to be a former [[Delta Force]] operative who was captured on a [[Black ops]] mission to El Salvador after bombing a building controlled by drug dealers. Conrad's girlfriend Sarah becomes aware of the situation and watches the show at the local bar she works at as it unfolds.

As the contestants were dropped off on the island, there was a mishap where Italian contestant Dominic Giangrasso fell on a dilapidated pier and died after being impaled by one of the beams. Ewan McStarley and Saiga team up to remove the competition, while Yasantwa uses her wiles to trick Bruggerman and Mackie to their death. Conrad manages to kill Raudsep and teams up with Paco, who was desperate to find his wife. After reuniting with Rosa, Paco is severely injured by McStarley and Saiga and is forced to watch them rape and kill Rosa. Conrad manages to pull Paco away and after seeing the show's broadcast tower before the show, Conrad infiltrates the tower and calls Sarah, managing to tell her the latitude of the island before he is chased off by Baxter, Breck's head security guy.

McStarley and Saiga discover and kill Paco, then set him ablaze. Breck's girlfriend, Julie, and his head production guy, Goldman, begin to express disdain over the show. Yasantwa, discovered by McStarley and Saiga, sets off her own explosive, killing her. After seven contestants have already died, Conrad is left alone against McStarley and Saiga. He stabs Saiga, and McStarley flees. Eventually, a helicopter drops a shotgun down to McStarley, who uses it to hunt down Conrad. After Conrad falls into a stream, McStarley runs into the cameraman and his armed guard dressed in [[ghillie suit|ghillie suits]] while searching for Conrad, and shoots them, picking up the guard's [[Heckler & Koch MP5|MP5]] [[submachine gun]].

When McStarley and Conrad meet again, Conrad ends up rolling over a cliff and into a stream to avoid being shot by McStarley's shotgun. Conrad is presumed dead by the fall, and McStarley is declared the winner. As McStarley is being driven to the control tower to collect his prize, Breckel hears that the FBI has sent [[United States Navy SEALs]] to take him into custody. Goldman catches wind of it and calls Breck out for it, and Breck has Baxter kill him. After he meets McStarley and de-activates his bomb, he tells him that he will not receive his prize money as it is revealed that Breckel has fixed the game in McStarley's favor. Conrad is then discovered by Breck and Baxter and Conrad kills Baxter as Breck flees. McStarley takes an MP5 from one of the guards, and kills the tech team in the building, one by one, even though they truthfully did not know that Breckel was abandoning them all. When he corners Julie, Breckel's girlfriend, he is confronted by Conrad, who shoots him several times after talking briefly about McStarley's past and how he was repeatedly raped whilst serving time in a prison in Africa. Conrad grabs McStarley's two machine guns and chases down Breckel, who is fleeing the island in a helicopter. After emptying the two guns firing at the helicopter, he is given McStarley's re-activated ankle bomb by Julie. Conrad throws it into the helicopter, and Breckel reaches for it; however, the helicopter explodes, and crashes into a cliff, killing Breckel and bringing his vicious game to an end. He then deactivates his own bomb.

Conrad is driven back to Sarah's home in Texas, a free man and reunited with her.

==Cast==
* [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Steve Austin]] as Jack Conrad / Jack Riley, a highly trained Delta Force operative and contestant
* [[Vinnie Jones]] as Ewan McStarley, a psychopathic British mercenary and contestant
* [[Manu Bennett]] as Paco Pacheco, a Mexican criminal and contestant with his wife, Rosa
* [[Masa Yamaguchi]] as Go Saiga, the Japanese contestant
* [[Emelia Burns]] as Yasantwa Adei, the Ghanaian contestant
* Marcus Johnson as Kreston Mackie, an American drug dealer and contestant
* [[Dasi Ruz]] as Rosa Pacheco, a Mexican criminal and contestant with her husband, Paco
* Andy McPhee as Helmut Bruggerman, the German contestant
* Rai Fazio as Dominic Giangrasso, the Italian contestant
* [[Rick Hoffman]] as "Goldie" Goldman, Breck's head production crewman
* [[Robert Mammone]] as Ian "Breck" Breckel, a rogue Hollywood producer running the Condemned
* [[Tory Mussett]] as Julie, Breck's girlfriend and crew member
* [[Sam Healy]] as Bella, a member of Breck's production crew
* [[Madeleine West]] as Sarah Cavanaugh, Jack's girlfriend
* [[Sullivan Stapleton]] as Brad Wilkins, a federal agent seeking to shut down Breck's illegal show
* [[Luke Pegler]] as Baxter, Breck's head of security
* [[Angie Milliken]] as Donna Sereno, a journalist who interviewed Breck about his snuff show
* [[Christopher James Baker]] as Eddie C, a member of Breck's production crew
* [[Neil Pigot]] as Wade Meranto, Wilkins' supervisor
* Dominic Brancatisano as The Arab
* [[Nathan Jones (wrestler)|Nathan Jones]] as Petr Raudsep, the Estonian contestant

== Soundtrack ==
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| type       = soundtrack
| artist     = Various artists
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| released   = 24 April 2007
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| genre      = [[Rock (music)|Rock]]
| length     = 54:53
| label      = [[WWE Music Group]]
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'''The Condemned (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)''' was released on April 24, 2007. It was composed by Graeme Revell. It is exclusively available on the [[iTunes Store]].

{{ Track listing
| extra_column = Artist
| total_length    = 54:53

| title1      = Opening Titles (Score)
| extra1    = [[Graeme Revell]]
| length1  = 3:33
| title2      = [[Black Betty]]
| extra2    = [[Spiderbait]]
| length2  = 3:27
| title3      = Hands of Time
| extra3    = [[Groove Armada]]
| length3  = 4:22
| title4      = Umbrella
| extra4    = Chymera
| length4  = 7:23
| title5      = This Colorful World
| extra5    = [[Eliot Morris]]
| length5  = 4:45
| title6      = You Say
| extra6    = Aya Peard
| length6  = 5:01
| title7      = Casino (Solid State Remix)
| extra7    = Tommi Eckhardt
| length7  = 5:44
| title8      = To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High)
| extra8    = [[Ryan Adams]]
| length8  = 3:04
| title9      = The Island and Conrad (Score)
| extra9    = Graeme Revell
| length9  = 3:58
| title10    = [[Souljacker Part I|Souljacker, Pt. 1]]
| extra10  = [[Eels (band)|Eels]]
| length10= 3:15
| title11    = Over & Under
| extra11  = [[Egypt Central]]
| length11= 3:01
| title12    = Unbreakable
| extra12  = [[Cage9]]
| length12= 3:15
| title13    = I Won't Do What You Tell Me (Josh Wink Remix)
| extra13  = [[Josh Wink]]
| length13= 3:55
}}

; Additional tracks
Other songs featured in the film, but not included on the soundtrack:
* "[[You Don't Know (Eminem song)|You Don't Know]]" by [[Eminem]], [[50 Cent]], [[Lloyd Banks]] & [[Cashis]]
* "[[Lonely Train]]" by [[Black Stone Cherry]]
* "[[In the Air Tonight]]" by [[Phil Collins]]
* "Out of Line" by [[Buckcherry]]
* "Backwoods Gold" by Black Stone Cherry
* "[[Driven (Sevendust song)|Driven]]" by [[Sevendust]]
* "[[Bullet with a Name]]" by [[Nonpoint]]
* "Shooting Star" by Black Stone Cherry
* "[[Soulcrusher (song)|Soulcrusher]]" by [[Operator (band)|Operator]]
* "[[Firestarter (The Prodigy song)|Firestarter]]" by [[The Prodigy]]
* "[[Savin' Me]]" by [[Nickelback]]

== Release ==

=== Critical response ===
As of April, 2020, [[Rotten Tomatoes]] listed the film with a 16% rating, based on 99 reviews. The site's consensus stated: "''The Condemned'' is a morally ambiguous, exceedingly violent and mostly forgettable action film."<ref>{{rotten-tomatoes|condemned|The Condemned (2007)}}. {{Retrieved|access-date= 2025-03-26 }}</ref> As of April, 2020, [[Metacritic]] gave the film a score of 23 Out of 100, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/condemned |title= Condemned, The |access-date= 2020-04-25 |publisher= Meta Critic |archive-date= 2008-12-09 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081209013937/http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/condemned? |url-status= live }}</ref> Reviews of ''The Condemned'' included complaints of plot holes, overly preachy tone, lack of plot progression, hypocritical morals, poor fight choreography and one "fake" wrestler.

V.A. Musetto of the ''[[New York Post]]'' gave the film zero stars out of four, describing it as a "sickeningly violent and inane movie" and complaining that it is a bad rip-off of ''[[Battle Royale (film)|Battle Royale]]'' and ''[[The Most Dangerous Game (film)|The Most Dangerous Game]]''.<ref name="nyp">{{cite news
| author = V.A. Musetto
| date = April 27, 2007
| title = Executioner's wrong: Fans condemned to bad cinema.
| url = http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/movies/executioner_wrong_CZrUJRpBxUnOjTOHrAnRDI
| quote = "Amazingly, "The Condemned" received an R rating, more proof that the censors are more concerned with sex and nudity (there is none here) than violence."
| work = [[New York Post]]
| access-date = 2009-10-31
| archive-date = 2010-11-01
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101101051031/http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/movies/executioner_wrong_CZrUJRpBxUnOjTOHrAnRDI
| url-status = live
}} {{Rating|0|4}}</ref>

One of the few positive reviews came from Michael Booth of ''[[The Denver Post]]''. He described the concept as "''[[The Truman Show]]'' meets ''[[Con Air]]''" and makes positive notes about the [[reality television]] aspects of the story, although he cautions readers not to expect "high art" based on the 3 star rating he gives the film.<ref>{{cite news
| author = Michael Booth
| date = 2007-04-27
| title = "Condemned" pins lust for violence to the wall
| url = http://www.denverpost.com/movies/ci_5749594
| work = [[The Denver Post]]
| quote = The Deadliest Game has played out many times on screen, including with Arnold Schwarzenegger in a post-apocalypse ''The Running Man'', but rarely is it aimed as squarely at the pitfalls of pop culture as in ''The Condemned''.
| access-date = 2009-10-31
| archive-date = 2011-06-05
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110605031109/http://www.denverpost.com/movies/ci_5749594
| url-status = live
}} {{Rating|3|5}}</ref>
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=== Box office ===
The film debuted with a $3.8 million opening weekend in the US. The film lasted only 4 weeks in theaters and posted a big loss, closing with a total of $7,371,706.<ref name="the-numbers" /> The movie fared worse internationally, taking only $1,271,152 in limited foreign markets, for a total of $8,642,858.

=== Home media===
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On September 18, 2007, ''The Condemned'' was released on DVD and Blu-ray. Opening at number four, ''The Condemned'' brought in $6.5 million in the first week. Overall, it has sold an estimated 1.185 million DVD units earning $22.7 million.<ref name="the-numbers">The Numbers [http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2007/CNDMN.php The Condemned] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603204028/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2007/CNDMN.php |date=2009-06-03 }} {{Retrieved|access-date= 2009-10-31}}</ref> The DVD made its release in the [[United Kingdom]] on March 24, 2008, with a rating of 18 (Contains Strong Violence and Language). This was a straight to DVD release in the United Kingdom.

==Sequel==
A sequel titled ''[[The Condemned 2]]'' starring [[Randy Orton]] was released on November 6, 2015.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.watchthemdielive.com/}}
*[http://www.wwe.com/inside/thecondemned/ ''The Condemned''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217092607/http://www.wwe.com/inside/thecondemned/ |date=2008-12-17 }} at [[WWE.com]]
*{{IMDb title|id=0443473|title=The Condemned}}
*{{mojo title|id=condemned|title=The Condemned}}
*{{rotten-tomatoes|id=condemned|title=The Condemned}}

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