In a future society, world leaders control the population's bloodlust through games which are a violent mixture of rugby, roller-skating and gladiator-style ferocity. However, a top player becomes aware of how he is being manipulated. Sci-fi drama, starring James Caan, Maud Adams, John Houseman, John Beck, Moses Gunn and Pamela Hensley.

In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.