Review of The Contender

The Contender (2000)
unrealistic premise is a buzz-kill
18 September 2009
Here is what bothers me about the movie: Politics is a sleazy business and only the sleaziest rise to the top. Someone who has advanced through the system to where they are considered a viable candidate for Vice President has to be consumed with power, ambition and all the other lovable qualities we've come to expect from politicians. To think that someone who has risen to that level would be so principled as to let their Vice Preidential ambition get crushed on a lie, without fighting back, is to far-fetched to believe. Anyone that principled would have been defeated after a brief time in office and never heard from again.

The creators of this film have created a make-believe scenario that has no foundation in reality. And since this "political" film is supposed to resemble reality, is is worse than awful. Sometimes awful films are so bad that they are good, but this one is so awful that it made me angry that I wasted two hours watching it.
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