Ground Rules
1997, English. Directed by Patrick G. Donahue.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 1 January 1997
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Patrick G. Donahue, Sean P. Donahue, Derrick Costa
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Ground Rules runs 87 minutes (1h 27m).
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Who directed Ground Rules?
Ground Rules (1997) was directed by Patrick G. Donahue and stars Sean P. Donahue, Frank Stallone Jr., Richard Lynch.