Turkey Shoot

Turkey Shoot (released internationally as Elimination Game) is a 2014 Australian dystopian science fiction action film directed by Jon Hewitt and co-written by Hewitt and Belinda McClory. Shot in Australia, the film stars Dominic Purcell, Viva Bianca, Robert Taylor and McClory. Inspired by the 1982 film of the same name directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith (who served as an executive producer on this film), it features appearances by two cast members from the earlier film, Carmen Duncan and Roger Ward, as well as the voice of producer Antony I. Ginnane as television network head Charley Varrick. Synopsis In the near future, SEAL Commander Rick Tyler is sent to Libya to assassinate its leader. After apparently completing the mission he finds himself in a prison charged with war crimes for murdering the population of a village during the currently ongoing "World War Africa" and his mission apparently failed as the Libyan leader is still alive. Sentenced to life imprisonment, he is given a temporary reprieve to appear on a popular reality television show called Turkey Shoot where he is pitted against a series of professional killers voted for by the audience. If Tyler, who has no weapons, survives three levels of hunting he will receive a pardon. Cast Dominic Purcell as Commander Rick Tyler Viva Bianca as Lieutenant Commander Jill Wilson Robert Taylor as Sergeant "Ramrod" Llewyn Belinda McClory as Meredith Baxter Nicholas Hammond as General Charles Thatcher II Carmen Duncan as President Sheila Farr Roger Ward as Colonel Saif al-Muammar, the Libyan Dictator Suzannah McDonald as Teena Fine Juan Jackson as Tom Faye Production Jon Hewitt co wrote and directed the film. He said "I loved Turkey Shoot but I did not want to remake it. This is a complete reinvention." "[The original] was a bit cheesy and camp," he added. "We're playing it for real. There's no camp irony."