Halfway through the film Rollerball, I wanted to get up and leave, but I suffered through it so I could tell you not to.

The film, directed by John McTiernan, is a remake of the 1975 film of the same title. The movie's saving grace is that the action sequences were clean and easy to follow. McTiernan also directed The Hunt for Red October, making Rollerball the black sheep of his filmmography.

Rollerball is an action film with no story at all. The film is supposed to take place in the year 2005, three years from now. Some scenes have futuristic, weird costumes while others take place in the desert with no technology. The film is set in Central Asia. Saris, fancy cars, corruption by the KGB — anything goes, without explanation.

Rollerball is an extreme sport that takes place on an obstacle course. Motorcycles, dirt bikes and players on roller blades race around the course and try to score by bouncing a metal ball off of a metal dish.

Surprisingly, the game is an international phenomenon, complete with obnoxious play-by-play announcers. Jonathan Cross (Chris Klein), an American, is the game's star player. Klein's acting was decent — unfortunately the movie wasn't. LL Cool J and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos also star in the film.

The film was a waste of my time and money, and with an $80 million budget a big waste for MGM, the company that produced it.

— Reviewed by Jenn Heinold