The Most Dangerous Game

8/9/2023

Now I reckon the ghost of Leslie Banks would be spinning in his grave were he to see this really poor remake of what was originally quite a dark and menacing story. That role here is taken by Casper Van Dien who ostensibly comes to the rescue of a man and his son who are shipwrecked onto his island. Thing is, his charity isn't quite all it is cracked up to be and this becomes clear when the father and son "Marcus" (Judd Nelson) and "Sanger" (Chris Tamburello) find themselves out and about in this paradise. Not as tourists, but as prey for a lethal manhunt. Sadly, this really has very little to redeem it. It's adequately enough produced, but unfortunately the range of on-screen talent presented here is all well past it's use by date. Van Dien got away with it when he was young and fit; Judd

6/9/2026

**_Writer/director Justin Lee’s version of Richard Connell’s 1924 short story_** He switches the location of Ship-Trap Island from the Caribbean to the Aleutian Islands and wisely adds a few extra individuals for human interest. Nevertheless, the tale still revolves around the three core characters of Cossack General Zaroff, played here by Caspar Van Dien as German Baron Von Wolf, his right-hand deaf-mute giant Ivan, and the visitor to the isle, Sanger Rainsford, played by Chris 'C.T.' Tamburello. Brunette Elissa Dowling is added to the cast as Mary for dramatic effect. Bruce Dern and Tom Berenger also show up in peripheral roles. The timeline of the story is changed from around 1924 to the post-WW2 years, presumably 10-15 years after the war, and possibly as many as 20 years. The ex