Hellen
I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Ogosmith
Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
Keeley Coleman
The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
Yash Wade
Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.
Michael Ledo
Chuck Toedan (John McCafferty) is the charismatic host on KSIK's hit show "Live or Die." Here death row inmates can win a chance for a reprieve or die on air. The show is controversial. There are those who protest it while others would kill to get on it. When Chuck kills a mafia boss in a humiliating fashion, this puts a price on his head leading to a comedy of errors that make things worse.I really loved this film when it first came out nearly 30 years ago. It is indeed dated. Some of the humor involves the TV commercials of the era, such as American Express. These lose their humor. The show illustrates our compulsion with watching things in poor taste. However, now that the world is compelled to watch horribly scripted reality TV shows, how can we spoof this? The innovation of the film has been lost to other films that have created better satires of society. As such my 1987 5 star rating was depreciated to 3 1/2 stars.Available on 50 "B" movie multi-pack.F-word. Implied sex. Nudity (Robyn Blythe- plays same character Gloria Sternvirgin in 2003 "Rectuma", Debra Lamb, and Chainsaw Hooker Esther Elsie)
Joseph P. Ulibas
Deathrow Gameshow is a bad movie that has a funny concept. Unfortunately, the film-makers decided on using a lame script, bad actors and a cheap budget when they made this flick. Well, it was kinda funny is a trashy sort of way. I enjoyed it when I was 13 years old. Oh well, maybe somebody will pick up the concept and maybe they could do a better job. One could hope.Recommended for it's dark humor.B
Sic Coyote
This movie is so stupid and it knows it is, and it's really funny, but not a lot of people know that. It may not win awards for it's production values or realistic acting but what it IS is damn funny! I mean where else do you find classic lines like "He's serving 65 & life for molesting a collie in front of a catholic school" or "If your head lands in the basket face up we'll give them $4,000!" answer, you don't! It's not big(production) it's not clever but it is so much fun. It's a bit like a troma release but with less of the gore (probably down to that stuff costs money) in fact I wish that troma owned it right now. My reason? Why because Troma's DVD output is fantastic when it comes to extras, but unfortunately Rhino(who is releasing this movie on dvd in america on the 10th of October for $10) has a very POOR reputation for disc quality and extras. I'm still going to buy it anyway because this is such a class movie.
andrew_edwards
Deathrow Gameshow will never win any awards, it will never reach a mainstream audience, and probably in the great scheme of things, it will be forgotten.But in a way, it doesn't deserve its fate. Deathrow Gameshow is a funny movie. Granted, it isn't constantly hilarious, and it is downright stupid, but if you want to watch a movie just to have a good time, this is the movie for you. This film was made way before its time, with its style of humor more adjacent to There's Something About Mary or Kingpin then anything out of the 80's nice-nice comedies. Deathrow Gameshow for this reason will always be a classic. There is no other movie that I have ever seen that you can have more fun watching in a group setting.The Plot deals with Chuck Toedan, the host of Live or Die, a show where death-row inmates are allowed to compete for their lives ***And some fabulous prizes!!!*** It seems that Chuck has finally had enough of hosting the show and dealing with death threats(he once killed a mob boss in a "very disrespectful manner.") The story is filled with hilarious dialogue both intentional and unintentional, and some inspired acting. Watch it if only for the dream sequence, which is one of the most hilarious and memorable scenes that I have ever seen. It gets 1/10 stars for intelligence, but 10/10 for humor, which is all that really matters. Enjoy, I always do.
