Surviving the Game

“The Rules are Simple: Kill or Be Killed.”

Mason (Ice-T) is homeless in Seattle and wants one thing: a way off the street. A job turns up as a guide for a group of wealthy men, led by Burns (Rutger Hauer), heading into the mountains for a hunting trip. Ernest R. Dickerson stages it with a lean, physical directness, keeping the camera close on a man running through the trees.