- published: 13 May 2010
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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.
They live in countries
With different names
Their works done by mysterious machines
Burn their resources
Exploit mother earth
The next generation will bleed
Strange is this world
Strange are these folks
So many languages
Expressin' the same
Spirits that borders can't change
Gigantic walls of ignorance
They built to keep areas clean
Strange world
Strange folks
One more challenge for mankind
A challenge to fight
A challenge to live
To build and create a new world
One more challenge for mankind
A challenge to trust
In their strength to survive
As long as there's choice to decide
Different uniforms
Different regimes
Colors for honor and pride
Blood is the color
That all people bleed