''The Eliminator'' is a 2004

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. The film was directed by Ken Barbet.

Plot

Former LAPD cop, Dakota Varley (Bas Rutten), enters a power boat race seeking the prize of $250,000, but immediately discovers, first hand, that this race's risk matches the prize: one racer is killed, three others seriously injured in crashes and explosions. Varley tries to leave the lake and collect his prize money but is drugged and kidnapped by Dawson (Michael Rooker) and thrown into a different world: a world where survival means everything and no one follows the rules. Varley awakens on an island, strapped to pole, like a pig being carried to a barbecue. Surrounded by heavily armed men, he soon learns that he and six other victims have been assembled to be contestants in the ultimate survival game: they will be stalked nightly by hunters with rifles until there is one remaining survivor, who will win a $10,000,000 cash prize. As the story unfolds, the other contestants are introduced: Jesse, an undercover DEA agent in Venezuela; Santha, a military instructor for a group of revolutionaries in Sierra Leone; and Darius, a sociopathic murderer, court-martialed and supposedly imprisoned by the U.S. Army for slaughtering 40 innocents in Kosovo. It is also learned, in bits and pieces, that each contestant has been brought to the game by a "Player": wealthy men and women who have each selected of one of the contestants. Among these men are Carlos Alvarez, Venezuelan Drug Lord; U.S. Army General Ellison; and Ochiro Sumanni, a Japanese Gang Boss. All the while, the contestants struggle to survive the attacks not only by the hunters, but also from each other.

Cast

Michael Rooker Michael Rooker (born April 6, 1955) is an American actor known for his roles as Henry in '' Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer'' (1986), Chick Gandil in ''Eight Men Out'' (1988), Frank Baily in ''Mississippi Burning'' (1988), Terry Cruger in ''S ...

as Miles Dawson *

as Dakota Varley *Dana Lee as Ichiro Sumanni *G. Anthony Joseph as Warden Sutherland * Wolf Muser as Deitrich Kemmel *

Marco Ruas Marco Antônio de Lima Ruas (; born 23 January 1961) is a Brazilian former mixed martial arts fighter, Submission Wrestler, Kickboxer and instructor. Ruas was the UFC 7 Tournament Champion, and also competed for the World Vale Tudo Champions ...

as Salvador * Michael Gregory as General Ellison *Gareth Myles as Watson *Geoffrey Forward as Sir Crawley *

Jamal Duff Jamal E. Duff (born March 11, 1972) is an American actor and former American football player in the National Football League (NFL). Early years Duff was born in Columbus, Ohio, but as a child, moved west with his family to Tustin, California, ...

as Darius Blake *Ivo Cutzarida as Alvarez *Danielle Burgio as Santha * Paul Logan as Jesse *Vicki Phillips as Tonya *Stephen Wozniak as Rocker

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