Gamer

Watch: Gamer

9/4/20091h 35m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ In the near future, you don't live to play... you'll play to live. ~

Overview:

Mind-control technology has taken society by a storm, a multiplayer on-line game called "Slayers" allows players to control human prisoners in mass-scale. Simon controls Kable, the online champion of the game. Kable's ultimate challenge becomes regaining his identity and independence by defeating the game's mastermind.

Director:

Mark Neveldine

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$50,000,000.00

Revenue:

$40,800,000.00

Key words:

mind control
prisoner
video game
dystopia
gun battle
wrongful imprisonment
wrongful conviction
online gaming
2030s
death game
not too distant future

Cast

Gerard Butler

~ as ~

Kable

Amber Valletta

~ as ~

Angie

Michael C. Hall

~ as ~

Ken Castle

Kyra Sedgwick

~ as ~

Gina Parker Smith

Logan Lerman

~ as ~

Simon

Alison Lohman

~ as ~

Trace

Terry Crews

~ as ~

Hackman

Ramsey Moore

~ as ~

Gorge

Ludacris

~ as ~

Humanz Brother

Johnny Whitworth

~ as ~

Scotch

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Reviews (1)

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jw
Written 3 year(s) ago
4
Running Man with a dash of Facebook

Running Man with a dash of Facebook, and not much more. Maybe more the book Running Man, less the Schwarzenegger thing. But essentially, it's that story - bits of which have been filmed numerous times.

The logistics and the logic in this story don't add up. Unclear rules and chaotic action scenes permanently maxed-out on violence make it impossible to either feel the danger, or compassion with the protagonists during the battles. And outside the battles, there is not much suspense either, nor acting possibilites, nor dialogue, let alone character development. Even the technobabble is off.

Oh, and the CGI at start is sub-par, even for its day. (Hint: If you can't afford to do it with good CGI, use physical effects instead.)

If you want your fix on "action without too much brains", watch something like Hardcore Henry; if you want something somewhat clever and entertaining on the topic, read the book "The Running Man". This movie is a waste of time.