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The plot surrounds the blackmail of various amusement park companies by a terrorist who places radio-controlled explosives on each park's signature roller coaster. A ride inspector works with the police to track down the terrorist. Six Flags New England, an amusement park in Springfield, Massachusetts. ... A typical roller coaster The roller coaster is a popular amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. ...
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Originally augmented with the Sensurround technique to simulate the thrills of its title, "Rollercoaster" spins a tale of one man holding thousands of lives at stake.
A quiet man with a deep understanding of explosives, rollercoasters and electronics -- and possibly a traumatic history in the Vietnam War -- targets the patrons of an amusement park for his million-dollar extortion scheme.
Filmmakers shot "Rollercoaster" in and around three different amusement parks to simulate the one in the movie.
Rollercoaster is a story of five troubled Vancouver teens who head to an abandoned amusement park to smoke dope and fulfill a suicide pact… so that the love between Chloe (Crystal Bubble) and Darrin (Kett Turton) is remembered for all time as part of a new wave of suicide urban-legends.
Rollercoaster is a classic case of a movie with too much plot and too little tension (psychological or otherwise).
The movie meanders its way through 90 minutes, during which time I slotted the next two days worth of movies to see at the Cleveland International Film Festival, balanced my checkbook, checked my watch at least three dozen times, finished the worst Lo Mein in the world, and drafted this review to boot.
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