My recent movie diet has mostly consisted of classy fare—I doubt Bridge on the River Kwai played many double bills with the likes of Switchblade Sisters. But Microkhan is by no means a film snob, and likes the occasional semi-brainless action flick as much as the next pint-sized Mongolian monarch. Case in point: Ernest R. Dickerson’s criminally underrated Surviving the Game.
The movie is a spin on The Most Dangerous Game, with a heavily dreaded Ice-T playing a bum who’s conned into becoming human prey. The hunters are a Who’s Who of great character actors: Rutger Hauer, Charles S. Dutton, F. Murray Abraham, and, best of all, Gary Busey. An actor infamous for once snorting cocaine off his dog, Busey absolutely kills it here as a psychiatrist with, uh, “issues” of his own. The “Prince Henry Stout” monologue above is arguably the pinnacle of Busey’s storied career—as well as a warning to future parents on how not to usher your adolescent sons into manhood.
Michael Fitzgerald // Mar 26, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Don’t anybody tell this story to Michael Vick…
Tony Comstock // Mar 26, 2009 at 8:48 pm
I liked him better in “Big Wednesday”.
Jordan // Mar 27, 2009 at 1:31 am
Everyone has to rationalize their childhood somehow…
Abraham, Ham // Apr 1, 2009 at 3:00 pm
[…] week, Microkhan sang the praises of Surviving the Game, particularly the strong supporting work done by Gary Busey. We stand by that […]
“When Getting Even Just Isn’t Enough” // Jul 16, 2010 at 11:11 am
[…] it pales in comparison to the derviative-yet-superior Surviving the Game, which contains the best Gary Busey monologue ever committed to celluloid. Also, the hunter in the leather mask is a wee bit over the […]
“A Boy Has Never Wept nor Dashed a Thousand Kim” | Microkhan by Brendan I. Koerner // Aug 29, 2012 at 11:17 am
[…] he would still occupy a hallowed place in the Microkhan pantheon for his trailblazing work in Surviving the Game. Fortunately for us, the Dutch actor continued to hammer away at his craft in the early part of […]