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D-grade "Running Man" ripoff
Michael Rechtshaffen
Hollywood Reporter
As off-putting and ridiculous as it is ponderous, this WWE Films enterprise should have been condemned to fight for space on the DVD shelves rather than be thrust upon unsuspecting moviegoers.

Brainless brawn... plenty of stops and few real thrills
Dennis Harvey
Variety
As the first bigscreen starring vehicle for World Wrestling Entertainment star "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, "The Condemned" offers yet another reheating of "The Most Dangerous Game," distinguished only by an already stale reality angle and some of the thickest necks in showbiz. Pic aims for nonstop thrill ride, but for all its brainless brawn, it has plenty of stops and few real thrills. In line with that of prior WWE feature productions, hardtop biz is likely to be modest, with core auds checking in en masse once it's available as a slow night's rental.

The “B” movie genre rises again
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve
You say you can’t get enough of Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino? You’re sad that you’ve already seen “Grindstone” three times and there’s nothing around to get your adrenalin pumping? Fear not. The “B” movie genre rises again, as Scott Wiper’s “The Condemned” takes wings at your local movie theater on April 27th. Let’s take a look at how Lionsgate saves the day for lovers of flat-out gore, blood, bile and pus.

Wrongheaded
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal
I've rarely seen a Hollywood flick as wrongheaded as this one. There's few things as ridiculous as a filmmaker who, not content with making a big dumb movie, tries to convince you that the retarded mess you've just witnessed actually Means Something.