ARENA

     SAMUEL L. JACKSON  KELLAN LUTZ  KATIA WINTER 

DAVID LORD (LUTZ) IS KIDNAPPED BY MILLA (WINTER) AND FORCED INTO A BRUTAL ONLINE FIGHTING SITE RUN BY LOGAN (JACKSON.)  THE FIGHTS ARE TO THE DEATH, AND LORD MAKES A DEAL WITH LOGAN THAT IF HE CAN SURVIVE 10 FIGHTS THEN HE WILL GET HIS FREEDOM.
THERE'S NOT MUCH TO THIS MOVIE.  IT'S BRUTAL, VIOLENT AND BLOODY WITH A VERY THIN STORY.  I'M NOT SURE WHY JACKSON WOULD BE IN CRAP LIKE THIS, MAYBE HE NEEDED THE MONEY.  THE ACTING IS OKAY, THE FIGHT SCENES AREN'T EVEN STAGED THAT WELL AND SEEM TO BE VERY SHORT, AND I FOUND THE REACTIONS OF THE PEOPLE WATCHING ONLINE TO BE A LOT MORE ENTERTAINING THAN ANYTHING ELSE.  I WOULD SAY IT IS HIGHLY PREDICTABLE, BUT THEN THE ENDING HITS YOU IN THE FACE LIKE SOME SLIMY FISH: CONCOCTED, ILL CONCEIVED AND PUT THERE TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE SOME REDEEMING VALUE BUT IT ONLY MAKES THE VIEWER FEEL CHEATED AND LET DOWN.  IF YOU ARE INTO BRUTALITY, VIOLENCE AND GORE THAN WATCH THIS MOVIE, IF NOT, THAN AVOID IT AT ALL COSTS.
RATING  2 out of 5