{{Short description|2016 English film}} {{Use British English|date=January 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Bachelor Games | image = | alt = | caption = Promotional poster | native_name = | director = Edward McGown | producer = Georgina Edwards | writer = Sam Michell, Chris Hill | starring = {{Plainlist | * Charlie Bewley * Jack Gordon * Jack Doolan * Mike Noble * Obi Abili }} | music = David Julyan | cinematography = Lucio Bonelli | editing = Kate Coggins | distributor = | released = {{Film date|df=y|2016|07|08}} | runtime = | country = {{Plainlist | * United Kingdom * Argentina }} | language = English | budget = | gross = | production_companies = {{Plainlist | * Strike Films * Lex Filmed Entertainment }} }}
'''''Bachelor Games''''' (originally titled ''Rules of the Game'') is a 2016 English-language horror comedy<ref name="en.paperblog.com">{{Cite web|url=http://en.paperblog.com/watch-the-trailer-for-horror-comedy-bachelor-games-1492554/|title=Watch The Trailer For Horror Comedy Bachelor Games|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> film directed by British director Edward McGown<ref name="screendaily.com">{{Cite web|last=Mitchell|first=Wendy|date=6 July 2013|title=McGown wraps horror shoot in Argentina|url=https://www.screendaily.com/production/mcgown-wraps-horror-shoot-in-argentina/5058065.article|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312011838/https://www.screendaily.com/production/mcgown-wraps-horror-shoot-in-argentina/5058065.article |archive-date=2020-03-12 |access-date=2021-01-24|website=Screen|language=en}}</ref> and produced by Strike Films' Georgina Edwards.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Woods|first=Kevin|date=2013-07-08|title=Survival horror The Rules of the Game wraps shooting|url=https://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/survival-horror-the-rules-of-the-game-wraps-shooting|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114174028/http://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/survival-horror-the-rules-of-the-game-wraps-shooting |archive-date=2015-01-14 |access-date=2021-01-24|website=Joblo}}</ref> The film was shot on location in the foothills of the Andes in Cafayate in north west Argentina. It stars Charlie Bewley,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-07-18|title=An Interview with 'Hammer of the Gods' & 'Twilight' Star Charlie Bewley|url=https://thedailyquirk.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/charlie-bewley-interview/|access-date=2021-01-24|website=So Fetch Daily|language=en}}</ref> Jack Gordon, Jack Doolan, Mike Noble and Obi Abili. The film won Best Feature at Halloweenapalooza 2016.<ref name="bttm.co.uk">{{Cite web|last=Evans|first=Sean|date=|title=Horror Comedy Bachelor Games Arriving This July|url=http://bttm.co.uk/horror-comedy-bachelor-games-arriving-this-july/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613210131/http://bttm.co.uk/horror-comedy-bachelor-games-arriving-this-july/ |archive-date=2016-06-13 |access-date=|website=|publisher=}}</ref>
==Plot== Henry (Gordon) is getting married and heads to Argentina with his best mates for an epic bachelor party trip.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://britflicks.com/news/16043|title=Bachelor Games - 'The Hangover' Meets 'The Hills Have Eyes'|website=Brit Flicks|access-date=2016-07-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814194048/http://britflicks.com/news/16043|archive-date=2016-08-14|url-status=dead}}</ref> Henry and his best man, Leon (Bewley), and close friends Roy (Noble) and Terence (Doolan) arrive at a remote village in the foothills of the Andes and are surprised to find Henry's friend Max (Abili) is already there. Amongst the drunken antics of the five boys something is wrong - Max seems unhinged and there are warnings from the locals about a mysterious figure known as 'The Hunter'.<ref name=":1" /> The next morning they head out on a trek into the mountains that nobody really wants to go on. Tempers fray, old arguments reemerge and soon Terence storms off.<ref name=":0" /> The group soon find a bloody shirt but it is unclear what has happened. But not everything is as it seems and soon an elaborate scheme for revenge goes horribly awry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nightmarishconjurings.com/news/2016/6/13/bachelor-games-on-vod-july-8-from-gravitas-ventures|title=Nightmarish Conjurings|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807023154/http://www.nightmarishconjurings.com/news/2016/6/13/bachelor-games-on-vod-july-8-from-gravitas-ventures|archive-date=2016-08-07|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Cast== {{colstart}} * Charlie Bewley as Leon * Jack Gordon as Henry * Jack Doolan as Terence * Mike Noble as Roy * Obi Abili as Max {{colend}}
==Crew== ''Bachelor Games'' is director Edward McGown's feature debut. McGown is a graduate of the MPA film program at Columbia University in New York, where he was awarded the FMI Fellowship for directing. His short ''Out There'' won the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Student Award and his other shorts have played at various festivals including Cannes, Edinburgh and Palm Springs. He also directed episodes of ''Hollyoaks'' and ''Sugar Rush''. The film is scored by Christopher Nolan's former collaborator David Julyan<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nightmarishconjurings.com/news/2016/6/13/bachelor-games-on-vod-july-8-from-gravitas-ventures|title=Bachelor Games on VOD July 8 from Gravitas Ventures|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807023154/http://www.nightmarishconjurings.com/news/2016/6/13/bachelor-games-on-vod-july-8-from-gravitas-ventures|archive-date=2016-08-07|url-status=dead}}</ref> (''Memento'', ''Insomnia'' and ''The Prestige'').
==Development== ''Bachelor Games'' is based on a Strike's 2009 short ''The Rules of the Game''<ref name="screendaily.com"/> starring Christopher Harper<ref>{{Citation|last=Daley|first=Thomas|title=The Rules of the Game|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1478458/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_2|type=Short, Comedy, Thriller|others=Christopher Harper|publisher=Strike Films|access-date=2021-01-24}}</ref> which played at Cannes Short Film Corner.<ref name="screendaily.com"/>
==Awards== Won Best Feature winner at Halloweenapalooza Film Festival and was an official selection at World Horror Con Film Festival<ref name="bttm.co.uk"/> and Green Bay Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cremona|first=Garth|date=28 June 2016|title=Green Bay - Bachelor Games|url=http://www.gbfilmfestival.org/bachelor-games/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815031205/http://www.gbfilmfestival.org/bachelor-games/|archive-date=2016-08-15|access-date=|website=}}</ref>
==Release== Gravitias Ventures released the film on digital platforms on 8 July 2016.<ref name="en.paperblog.com"/>
==Reception== The film was described as "''The Hangover'' meets ''The Hills Have Eyes'' with a Shyamalan-esque twist" by Back to the Movies<ref name="bttm.co.uk"/> and "a good thriller that had a supernatural edge to it" by Forbidden Planet.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2016/reviews-stag-night-hell-bachelor-games/|title=Review: The Stag Night from Hell - Bachelor Games|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702210739/http://www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2016/reviews-stag-night-hell-bachelor-games/|archive-date=2016-07-02|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|2190451}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160908014530/http://www.bachelorgamesmovie.com/ Official website] (archived from the original)
Category:2016 films Category:Films scored by David Julyan Category:2016 English-language films