Whether you love them or hate them, reality shows have become a huge, uncontrollable, monster in television during the last 10 years. It's gotten so everyone from dog groomers to professional airheads has their own reality show. Former contestants of reality shows have their own reality shows. It's a mind-bending, never-ending cycle of depravity and despair. I am not alone in wondering what they could possibly come up with next.
Series 7: The Contenders answers that question with a fatal gunshot to the head. Filmed as a mock reality show, the movie takes place in a very near, very scary future, where people are randomly selected by their social security numbers for a game show called The Contenders. These people are given weapons and must kill each other off until only one remains standing. The winner has to complete three rounds killing a total of fifteen other contestants to earn their freedom. These people have no choice in the matter, it seems this reality show has been given the ultimate power in society.
Our hero is Dawn, a woman eight months pregnant who only has five more people to kill to win the game. It seems the producers decided to give the show an extra twist by placing this season in Dawn's hometown, and choosing her high school sweetheart as one of the other contestants. Will Dawn be able to kill the only person she's ever truly loved in order to save her baby? Or will one of the other able-bodied contestants finally put down the champion? Among her competition is an 18-year-old girl who is a deadly perfectionist, and a 56-year-old zealously religious nurse who isn't afraid to use a syringe. Look at you. You know you want to watch this TV show already.
It's a low-budget film, but one that has a message that rings loud and clear. Where will we draw the line as a society when reality TV becomes more real than ever?
Series 7: The Contenders answers that question with a fatal gunshot to the head. Filmed as a mock reality show, the movie takes place in a very near, very scary future, where people are randomly selected by their social security numbers for a game show called The Contenders. These people are given weapons and must kill each other off until only one remains standing. The winner has to complete three rounds killing a total of fifteen other contestants to earn their freedom. These people have no choice in the matter, it seems this reality show has been given the ultimate power in society.
Our hero is Dawn, a woman eight months pregnant who only has five more people to kill to win the game. It seems the producers decided to give the show an extra twist by placing this season in Dawn's hometown, and choosing her high school sweetheart as one of the other contestants. Will Dawn be able to kill the only person she's ever truly loved in order to save her baby? Or will one of the other able-bodied contestants finally put down the champion? Among her competition is an 18-year-old girl who is a deadly perfectionist, and a 56-year-old zealously religious nurse who isn't afraid to use a syringe. Look at you. You know you want to watch this TV show already.
It's a low-budget film, but one that has a message that rings loud and clear. Where will we draw the line as a society when reality TV becomes more real than ever?
