The star of a bloodthirsty future sport tries to clean up the game before it kills him in Rollerball (1975) starring James Caan.

This remake of the classic 1975 science fiction film follows the same basic story line but focuses far more on the sports action of the fictional game at its center. Chris Klein stars as all-American athlete Jonathan Cross, the most popular player of Rollerball, a violent 21st century sport mixing elements of basketball, hockey, roller derby, and extreme sports, along with the development of live wagering that tracks each game's action. Along with his friends and teammates Marcus (L.L. Cool J) and Aurora (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos), Jonathan is living the life of a media celebrity and millionaire, enjoying the adoration of fans and all of the perks that his fame brings. When the creator of Rollerball, Alexi Petrovich (Jean Reno), realizes that the sport's ratings spike during the on-court accidents that are de rigueur for the game, he schemes to create the bloody incidents that are popular with viewers but put the athletes in mortal jeopardy. Soon, Jonathan and his friends find themselves pawns in a vast corporat

In the year 2018, corporations have taken over the globe, which is divided into several zones controlled by different companies working together in mutual cooperation. To keep the populace from demanding a say in their own governance, executives have invented Rollerball, a new sport which is a cross between roller derby, motorcycle racing and hockey. -