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Each of these movies are reviewed from a gay perspective, giving them
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better the film; similarly the more pink triangles, the greater the gay interest. A full list of
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Rollerball Movie Rating: 
AvoidAs quickly as you can say "play ball," extreme-sports enthusiast Jonathan (Chris Klein) becomes the newest champion of Rollerball, a hybrid of hockey, roller derby, football, motorcycling, and pro wrestling. | |
| When he learns that evil Russian entrepreneur Petrovich (Jean Reno) encourages team violence to hike TV ratings, Jonathan, best friend Marcus (LL Cool J), and teammate Aurora (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos) sniff out the conspiracy and attempt to bring down the corrupt sport. | 
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Despite the advances in movie technology, this unbelievably bad remake fails to
improve on the mediocre 1975 sci-fi cult hit. The action is chaotically staged,
and the acting is excruciating, with Klein grinning idiotically at the most
inappropriate times. This movie has lost its ball bearings, so roll right past
it at the multiplex.
Gay Interest: Several women in a nightclub are dressed in mannish tuxedos, and the female rollerball teammates wear S/M-like black and red leather. Romijn-Stamos played the gender-switching Mystique in X-Men. | |
Low
