Surviving the Game
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Short description
Surviving the Game follows Jack Mason, a homeless man whose life falls apart after a fire claims his family. Walter Cole pulls him back from the edge and offers him well-paid work as a guide for a hunting party heading into the mountains. Mason takes the job, only to learn that his wealthy employers intend to hunt him instead of game, giving him a head start before they begin tracking him through the wilderness.
Ernest R. Dickerson directed the film, the second feature in the directing career that began with Juice in 1992 and continued with Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight, Bulletproof, Futuresport and Bones. Eric Bernt wrote the screenplay, and David Permut produced. Ice-T plays Mason, with Rutger Hauer as Burns and Charles S. Dutton as Cole; John C. McGinley, William McNamara and Jeff Corey round out the cast.
Made for about 7 million dollars and released in April 1994, the film returned roughly 8 million dollars worldwide, a modest result against its cost. On IMDb it holds a 6.2 rating from 226 votes, while a critics' score of 4.6 from 19 reviews sits well below that audience figure.
What's left behind the scenes
- The entire film was shot on location without any studio filming.
- Gary Buesy came up with and wrote the monologue about how his character got his scar himself. The script included several scenes where the character played by Rutger Hauer (1944-2019) asserted his authority over the others, simply reminding them of the need to follow the rules he had established. Initially, it was supposed to be during a dinner scene that he would put Buesy's character in his place. On the day the rehearsal was scheduled, Buesy came up with a lengthy monologue (it took up two pages of text) about his dog, which he wanted to try out. Hauer initially thought that Buesy was simply “hogging the spotlight” (since the scene was originally intended to focus on his character), and called Buesy’s story “complete nonsense” – which wasn’t in the script and greatly embarrassed Buesy. Nevertheless, Buesy’s monologue made such an impression on the director and the other actors that it was left in the film, while Hauer’s line was cut.
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