Arena

A man named David Lord is abducted and forced into a hidden, modern gladiatorial arena where kidnapped fighters battle each other to the death. Their matches are streamed online for paying viewers, and the operation is run like a business by people who profit from the violence. To buy back his freedom, Lord agrees to take part in a series of fights, but as the death toll rises and a decisive bout approaches, he learns something that could bring the whole enterprise down.

Arena is a 2011 American action, science fiction and thriller film directed by Jonah Loop, written by Tony Giglio, Michael Hultquist and Robert Martinez, and produced by Brad Krevoy, Mark Williams and Mike Callaghan. Kellan Lutz plays David Lord, with Katia Winter, Johnny Messner, Samuel L. Jackson, James Remar and Daniel Dae Kim among the main cast. The production involved 32 credited cast members and 90 credited crew, and was made on a budget of 10 million dollars.

The film holds a rating of 4.7 out of 10 on IMDb from around 13,000 votes, and 5.2 out of 10 on TMDB from roughly 290 votes. The two scores are close to each other, and both sit below the midpoint of their scales. Arena runs 94 minutes and was released on 11 October 2011.