Produced byMichael J. Luisi CinematographyRoel Reiné
StarringRandy Orton
Eric Roberts
Wes Studi
Steven Michael Quezada Music byTrevor Morris
Ted Reedy
The Condemned 2 (also known as The Condemned 2: Desert Prey) is a 2015 American action film directed by Roel Reiné and released by WWE Studios. The film stars Randy Orton, Eric Roberts and Wes Studi. It is the sequel to the 2007 action film The Condemned starring Stone Cold Steve Austin. It was distributed via a limited release in the United States and to video on demand on November 6, 2015.
A former bounty hunter who finds himself on the run as part of a revamped Condemned tournament, in which convicts are forced to fight each other to the death as part of a game that’s broadcast to the public.
Cast
Randy Orton as Will Tanner
Eric Roberts as Frank Tanner
Wes Studi as Cyrus Merrick
Steven Michael Quezada as Raul Bacarro
Bill Stinchcomb as Harrigan
Alex Knight as Cooper
Dylan Kenin as Travis
Michael Sheets as James Lange
Morse Bicknell as Ryan Michaels
Mark Siversten as Sheriff Eric Ross
Merritt Glover as Deputy #1
Matthew Page as Deputy #2
Stafford Douglas as Hacker Rolf
Esodie Geiger as Judge
Audrey Walters as Ada Carlos Gomez
Monique Candelaria as Danielle Hill
Jesi Raelyn Rael as Lena
Sonia Maslovskaya as Alexi
Production
On November 4, 2014, Randy Orton took time off from WWE television. New Mexico Film Office Director Nick Maniatis announced on November 12, 2014 that The Condemned 2, produced by WWE Studios and Lions Gate Films would begin principal photography in New Mexico.
The film was shot in Albuquerque and Zia Pueblo, New Mexico from November 14 until December 15, 2014.
Reception
Dennis Harvey of Variety described it as "a belated, barely related sequel generic enough to make the eminently forgettable 2007 original look like an oasis of cinematic personality".