Arena

Arena (Video 2011) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

$10,000,000 estimated budget

A review of the 2011 movie Arena directed by Jonah Loop and starring Samuel L. Jackson on the 20/20 Movie Reviews website.

A man (Kellan Lutz) has to fight to the death for the entertainment of the online masses.

David Lord finds himself forced into the savage world of a modern gladiatorial arena, where men fight to the death for the entertainment of the online masses.

The 'forced to fight' concept is a staple of cheap, direct-to-video action movies. It also happens to be one of my favourite sub-genres of bad-action, so that's all right by me. I was definitely not on the lookout for this title when I spotted it on the shelves in my local DVD emporium. Samuel L. Jackson in a fight to the death movie, produced by Stage 6 films? I had not realised Sam was that badly in need of a paycheck; that or he just wanted to let his hair down (metaphorically of course, as he is quite obviously bald) and do a quick three day shoot for a laugh. Throw in the model from the Twilight films and we have ourselves a movie.

27% Audience score

The savage world of the arena, where modern gladiators fight to the death for the entertainment of the online masses.

Directed by Jonah Loop. With Samuel L. Jackson, Kellan Lutz, Johnny Messner, Katia Winter. David Lord finds himself forced into the savage world of a modern gladiatorial arena, where men fight to the death for the entertainment of the online masses.

Arena is a 2011 action film starring Samuel L. Jackson and Kellan Lutz. Filming took place in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.