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5.9/10   330 votes
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Director:
Kim Finn
Writers:
Kim Finn (writer)
John Hakalax (writer)
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Contact:
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Release Date:
12 November 2004 (Finland) more
Genre:
Documentary
Tagline:
Sex, lies and mobile games
Plot:
The year is 2000 and investors are going crazy about a new mobile phone company called Riot Entertainment... more | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Chaotic, fast and fun! more (4 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Richard Stanley ... Narrator
Ninja Burgess ... Herself
David Bowes ... Himself

Rod Britton ... Himself
Rico Camus ... Himself
Steven Frank ... Himself
Al Giebel ... Himself
John Hakalax ... Himself
Jani Halme ... Himself
Johanna Hytönen ... Herself
Vesa-Pekka Kirsi ... Himself
Petri Kuittinen ... Himself
Panu Laaksonen ... Himself
Pasi Marjanen ... Himself
Hanna Marttinen-Deakins ... Herself
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Additional Details

Runtime:
75 min
Country:
Finland
Language:
English | Finnish
Certification:
Australia:R (2007) | Finland:K-11
Filming Locations:
Helsinki, Finland more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Before the film's premiere at Helsinki International Film Festival, there was a legal threat posed to the authors aiming to ban the film from public screenings. This caused quite a stir and was reported also in Finland's largest newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat. Also, security staff was hired to the Helsinki International Film Festival premiere in case of violent outbursts from people involved in the documentary. more
Movie Connections:
References The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) more

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25 out of 25 people found the following comment useful.
Chaotic, fast and fun!, 23 November 2004
Author: eye-16 from Riihimaki, Finland

I am reviewing this documentary about the company I worked for. Riot Entertainment (RIOT-E) was a Finnish mobile game company set to produce mobile games based on famous brands from movies like Lords of the Rings, Marvel Universe (X-men, Spiderman etc.), Bridget Jones Diary etc. What made their story unique that RIOT-E originally had just 6 Finnish guys with a Powerpoint show. They didn't have any products, technology etc., but they managed to get $21 million venture capital. All this money was spent on years 2000-2002, when the firm finally went bankrupt.

The film is directed by Kimm Finn (alias Kimmo Saksanen), who worked as content specialist for RIOT-E. The film is produced by John Hakalax, who is was one of the founding members of RIOT-E. They both know their subject well, perhaps too well, because the film could have benefit more from outside view. They have done good job on finding the backgrounds and interviewed people all over the world, but all the dialogue is edited short, taken often out of context to repeat the same message.

Although the film has no factual mistakes, it gives a one-sided view on the subject. Working for RIOT-E was not so much partying (actually the parties were normal and not so glorious compared to many other IT companies of that time). Most of the workers did not have access to company credit cards.

I went to see this film in a movie theather full of people. The 500 head audience was laughing all the time, so the documentary is certainly very entertaining, better than most comedies by far.

The film is edited extremely fast, like MTV's music videos, using lots of special effects and short animation clips, real video footage and photos from the days of the company. End result looks very stylish, gamelike, unique.

The first two third of the film are good and hilarious fun, the last third being boring and slowing down, showing too much John Hakalax, who plays to be suicidal, but doesn't succeed well on that role. The beginning is glorious, the end being sad.

The film features one of the best sound tracks found in modern documentary films, lots of classical music remixed into modern dance and hip hop, enhancing the fast and chaotic mood of the film.

Despite its weakness the film gives a very realistic view on the attitudes, the general atmosphere of the crazy years of 2000-2001. RIOT-E was an entertainment company, on the top of its field, with all the possible side effects from drug use to paid women. Especially Americans could learn so much from the film.

Do not go see this film for its sex scenes (they are short and fuzzy), go to see it to have fun and learn from it!

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