The Challenge (2003 film)
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| Directed by | Craig Shapiro |
| Produced by | Neil Steinberg Natan Zahavi Executive producers Mary-Kate Olsen Ashley Olsen |
| Written by | Elizabeth Krugger (screenplay) Michael Swerdlick (screenplay) |
| Starring | Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen |
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Dualstar Entertainment
Tapestry Films |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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92 minutes |
| Language | English |
The Challenge is a 2003 film starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, and their last direct-to-video production before their move to the big screen with New York Minute.
Twin sisters, Shane (Mary-Kate Olsen) and Elizabeth Dalton (Ashley Olsen), live separately from one another on opposite ends of the country after their parents divorced years earlier. Shane, who lives with their mom in Los Angeles, is a chilled out, tree-hugging vegetarian who is very into nature and spiritual beliefs, while her estranged sister Lizzie, who lives with their dad in Washington D.C, is a level-headed grade A student with a driven personality. However, unknown to each other, they both enter to be a contestant on a TV quiz show filmed in Mexico called The Challenge, which tests contestants strength and survival skills in various tasks as they work as part of a team in order to win college scholarships.
Head intern Marcus (Brian Skala) informs the show's producer, Max (Joe Michael Burke), of their distant relationship and, knowing they dislike each other, he puts both girls on the same team, Team Mayan, as part of a deceitful scheme to boost the show's ratings. Backstage, Shane meets and becomes close with Adam (Lukas Behnken), a laid-back jock who is put on the opposite team, Team Aztec. Team Aztec also includes Kelly (Sarah Bastian), an over-competitive swimmer, JJ ((Diana Carreno)), a ditzy "triple threat" with dreams of stardom, and Charles (Ty Hodges), a calm and intuitive city boy who plans to study psychotherapy. Along with Shane and Lizzie, Team Mayan also includes Anthony (Theo Rossi), an Italian-American food enthusiast, and Justin (Zakk Moore), a surfer and skater from sunny Florida. At their first meeting, Max informs the group of the rules, which includes no romantic entanglements between teammates of the same or opposite team, as it can result in disqualification from a task.
During the first three tasks, Shane and Lizzie's bickering prevents them from working together, and Team Aztec win the points. However eventually, when Anthony and Justin make them realise that they'll need to pull together, they start putting aside their differences for the sake of the team. Over the first few days, Shane and Adam become more and more close, and Kelly suspects something is going on. At the same time, Lizzie starts hanging out behind the scenes with Marcus, although he is still being asked to spy on the girls by Max. Marucs finds out that Shane hates heights and that Lizzie is afraid of snakes, information which Max plans to use later on. Team Mayan win the fourth and fifth takes, making the score 3-2 to Team Aztec, and Shane and Lizzie both start to respect what the other knows.
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