Surviving the Game
Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson
A homeless man is hired as a survival guide for a group of wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip in the mountains, unaware that they are killers who hunt humans for sport, and that he is their new prey.
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- BrandonCFNovember 3, 2025An obvious retelling of Richard Connell's 1924 short story "The Most Dangerous Game", that's been copied and retold several if not numerous times over the last 100 yrears. I loved Connell's story when I read it in high school and I can't help but love this movie. These might not be top tier actors in some peoples books but i feel like these actors were chosen carefully to fill their rolls. They all did a fine job and this is a fun movie to watch from start to finish.
- Patrick WaiJanuary 19, 2026Better than expected, thanks to the great cast: Rutger Hauer, Gary Busey, Charles Dutton, F Murray Abraham, John McGinley, and a young William McNamara. Looks like they all had a great time making the film, and to the Director's credit they didn't take the movie too seriously. Ice-T usually only plays one role - the angry grimacing gangsta. Here, he tried his hand as an action anti-hero. He generally did okay, and his acting improved as he really had to dig deep in some of his dialogues. All in all, a cheesy and predictable but still entertaining typical 90s movie.
Surviving the Game Trivia
Surviving the Game was released on April 15, 1994.
Surviving the Game was directed by Ernest R. Dickerson.
Surviving the Game has a runtime of 1h 36m.
Surviving the Game was produced by David Permut.
A homeless man is hired as a survival guide for a group of wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip in the mountains, unaware that they are killers who hunt humans for sport, and that he is their new prey.
The key characters in Surviving the Game are Burns (Rutger Hauer), Mason (Ice-T), Cole (Charles S. Dutton).
Surviving the Game is rated R.
Surviving the Game is an Action, Adventure, Thriller film.
Surviving the Game has an audience rating of 4.8 out of 10.
Surviving the Game had a budget of $7.4M.
Surviving the Game has made $7.7M at the box office.