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Ground Rules (1997) | Slate

Ground Rules

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Rated 5.0 on TMDB

Ground Rules

In this game the players are dying to win and only one man can even the score...

"Battle Ball" is the new hot thing in the world of underground sports gambling. Motocross teams armed with metal claws and body armor fight their way to a caged car used as a moving goal. Led by corrupt bookmakers who want to up the blood and death to attract more people, one man decides to take a stand the only way he can: he takes the sport by storm and begins on a path of carnage and blood that can only bring the league down.

Released: 1997
Runtime: 1h 27m
Genres: Action
Country: United States of America
Language: English

Direction and writing

Patrick G. DonahueDirector, Writer

Marty PooleWriter

Cast

Sean P. DonahueJack Harris
Frank Stallone Jr.Rick
Richard LynchCase

Sean P. DonahueWriter

Derrick CostaWriter

Where to watch

Unavailable

Ted MarklandVictor

Elizibeth CarabarinSharon

Patrick G. DonahueBones

Audra NewmanCandy

Marty SheridanSenator

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