the synopsis of the condemned

Reality show TV producer Ian Breckel (Robert Mammone) has come with the ultimate idea for a show that will possibly garner the average Super Bowl’s 40 million viewer ratings: find ten death row convicts from third world prisons around the world and force them to compete to the death on a remote island off the country of Papua New Guinea. They would be outfitted with an explosive ankle device that would prevent them from escaping, and after 30 hours of competing, the last man (or woman) standing would get freedom and financial compensation. Since there are FCC rules that prevent this kind of broadcast (and the fact that no network would touch the project), he decides to broadcast the event on the Internet and charge viewers $49.95 to watch it. He has assembled a staff to help with the show. Goldman (Rick Hoffman), a.k.a. “Goldie,” is the director; Bella (Samantha Healy) is doing the musical score; Eddie (Christopher Baker) is the Webmaster; and Baxter (Luke Pegler) is Breckel’s right-hand man who handles the prisoners. Breckel’s girlfriend/co-producer Julie (Victoria Mussett) is supportive, but is a little leery of the idea. The prisoners come from all sorts of backgrounds. They are husband-and-wife Paco (Manu Bennett) and Rosa Pacheco (Dazi Ruz); drug trafficker Kreston “K.C.” Mackie (Marcus Johnson); man-hating killer Yasantwa “Rio” Adei (Emelia Burns); 6’10” 340 pound Petr “The Russian” Raudsep (Nathan Jones); the deadly Japanese assassin Go Saiga (Masa Yamaguchi); ex-British forces agent Ewan McStarley (Vinnie Jones); nightclub bomber Dominic “The Italian” Giangrasso (Rai Fazio); and Nazi Helmut “The German” Bruggerman (Andy McPhee.) When the tenth contestant, an Arabian prisoner (Domenic Brancatisano) Breckel bought, is killed by the police, he replaces him with Jack Conrad (“Stone Cold” Steve Austin)…an American special ops agent who was locked up in El Salvador for killing several people in an explosion. The American government essentially left him there to rot…which meant that he wasn’t able to contact his single mom girlfriend back home, Sarah Cavanaugh (Madeleine West), and her two boys, Michael (Trent Sullivan) and Scotty (Joey Massey.) Eventually FBI Special Agent Brett Wilkins (Sullivan Stapleton) gets word of the broadcast and does his own investigation as to where the island is located. With time running out, Jack has to survive long enough to get home and be with his family again.

if you confused, just buy the dvd and watch it. i guarantee you will like this movie (if you like action movie) ;p