Japan Synopsis
“Go Ballistic”
In this fast action-packed thriller, Jonathan, Marcus, and Aurora compete in a dangerous, fierce sport called Rollerball. Although, Johnathan and Marcus try to quit, cruel and vindictive promoter Alexi Petrovich encourages them to still participate.
Audience Engagement
434 audience reviews — more than 93% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (93th percentile) outruns trending popularity (56th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Action + Science Fiction in Japan
324 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Science Fiction genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Rollerball itself).
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Rollerball. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2001–2003 Japan Window
In the crowded 2001-2003 Japan release window, Rollerball sits at #244 of 247. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Rollerball premiered alongside 81 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 38m runtime, production spent $714K per minute on screen and earned $264K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 81 other Japan films in 2002.
The 1403rd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Rollerball, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- motor sport · 4
- manager · 3
- roller-skating · 2
- roller skating · 2
- future sport · 2
- arena · 1
- wrestling · 6
- sports · 59
- dystopia · 45
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #4,559 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (0th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -2.9 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #1,709 of 1,714 (top 100%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Germany, Japan, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | German, French, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Arabic, English |
| Production Companies | Atlas Entertainment, TOHO-TOWA, Mosaic Media Group, Yorktown Productions, Helkon Media |
| Runtime | 1h 38m |
| Release Date | February 8, 2002 |
| IMDb | tt0246894 |