Rollerball (1975)

Rollerball isn't a typical sports movie. It's a futuristic, gladiatorial arena bout on skates with the added danger of motorbikes circling the course. Crippling the opposing team is as important as winning; more so to some people.
The players are stars but they're also pawns, shuffled around a board that's hidden from the world at large by the corporation and in the narrative structure by the writers, hinted at by the edgy camera-work and overall feeling of unease that permeates every part. It dares to apply as much emotion off of the playing-field as it does on it, and it excels in doing so.

4 spiked gloves out of 5