Absolute Aggression (1996)

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(Foreign Titles)

Tagline(s):

Die In The GAME... Die In life.

Nomination Year: 2011

SYNOPSIS: In the dystopian future of 2011, America has been been taken over by the UN, crime is rampant, and all offenses -- from murder to smoking -- are punishable by death in VR gladiatorial combat. What little remains of the military are freedom fighters, striking back against the evil corporation controlling the VR prisons and freeing the prisoners.

Unfortunately, the leader of the resistance is captured during a raid gone awry. He's sentenced to VR prison, where he is forced to defend a renn faire against evil knights and a frontier fort against Revolutionary War reinactors. However, unlike the other prisoners, he can actually fight, so he wins all his combats and survives long enough to be rescued by his companions in an "exciting" ATV chase.

Alas, no sooner is his escape completed, than the corp raids the resistance base and everybody gets captured again, forcing us to suffer through more medieval reinactments. Fortunately, no VR prison can hold these soldiers and another escape is quickly in the offing. And this time, the bad guys have a real problem -- a whole bunch of pissed off American soldiers loose inside their precious prison. U-S-A! U-S-A!

Greg Pearson

Smithee Award Nominations

Worst Special Effect
He's Crowning! Bad computer graphics followed by soldier ripping his way into cyberspace. Head-first.

"Whoops!"
Must Be Some o' Them Newfangled Roofies They're headed for the roof! Can you explain how they went through a hatch in the floor to get to the roof? Yeah, me neither.

"Let's Up The Rating To 'R'"
Dystopian Skinemax 2011 "We're all whores for the warden, you're just here to give him pleasure, not me. But, okay warden, I'll give you a show." And then the audience cheers them on as they successfully Up The Rating!

Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
J. Christian Ingvordsen	An actor and producer as well as a director, often credited as John Christian. Directed a docu-short called The Pile...which about explains it all.

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
Robert Davi	R.D. Crowley	From the opera-singing baddie in The Goonies to Agent Big Johnson in Die Hard to Showgirls to Stargate: Atlantis, he's spread his acting all over the place.
Kayle Watson	Will Singleton	Bone Conn in the Airboss franchise.
Terry Anderson	Stu
J. Christian Ingvordsen	Heinz Deitrich	Also credited as John Christian...not that this will help you find his career. Was Bone Conn in Hangmen and The Outfit. Wait, does Kayle Watson know about this??
Kelly Gleeson	Andrea
Steve Tartaglia	Montgomery Valentine


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