Rollerball

1975
US
129 min

Directed by: Norman Jewison
Cast: James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams, John Beck, Moses Gunn, Ralph Richardson

Gritty, sweaty, bloody dystopian sci-fi flick in which rollerball star Jonathan E (Caan) learns that his sport exists to distract the masses from their awful lives – kind of Hunger Games but with grown men and rollerskates. Downbeat but powerful.