Review of The Most Dangerous Game

The actors are stiff, the dialog stilted, and the villain is a caricature. Nothing more to be said really about this latest version of "The Most Dangerous Game". With today's technology and current crop of seasoned actors, I don't understand why a film made in 2022 can't even meet the standard set by the original movie made ninety years ago in 1932! There have been many remakes of that picture, based on the 1924 short story by Richard Connell, including one called "Bloodlust" from 1961, the only other one I've seen. That one was unintentionally humorous because the four potential victims of the madman could have jumped him at any time while he was explaining the terms of the hunt to them. Come to think of it, Marcus Rainsford (Judd Nelson), his son Sanger (Chris 'C. T.' Tamburello), and Rex Alan (Randy Charach) could have done the same here if it weren't for that big goon Ivan (Kevin Porter), acting as bodyguard for former Nazi, Baron Carl Von Wolf (Casper Van Dien). Don't be misled by the cast list for this picture, even though Bruce Dern and Tom Berenger are in the story, they can't save it. In fact, it would have been nice if Dern's departure from the picture were given some kind of mention. You just have to assume he was killed in the explosion of the boat they were on, but for the amount of time he's been around as an actor, I think he deserved a better exit.