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Gerard Butler, John Leguizamo, Michael C. Hall, Milo Ventimiglia, Alison Lohman, Logan Lerman, Kyra Sedgwick, Terry Crews, Amber Valletta, Chris

Set in a future-world where humans can control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online gaming environments, a star player (Butler) from a game called "Slayers" looks to regain his independence...( read more  read more... ) while taking down the game's mastermind (Hall).

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  • phubbs1
    December 1, 2009
    phubbs1
    When this started I thought it was gonna be crap, the plot sounded naff, it didn't reach the cinema and there have been many films like this before...mainly during the 80's, I was actually surprised :) this is not bad to be honest, for an unoriginal plot that harks back to 'The R...( read more)unning Man' its pulled off quite well.

    The main thing is the fighting sequences which do look pretty good and 'game' like, you could be watching a frag fest like Halo when watching this and it probably would be like this if it were real. The 'interactive computer net world' sections of the film are handled well too showing how the controllers use their real life 'players', it does come across as believeable which really holds the film together, the other game shown in the film being a 'The Sims' style game which is also well done but maybe a tad too much cliched sex going on...but I guess thats kinda real too haha

    The plot is a mix of afew films sure but the director does manage to show other angles to the story which do relate well to todays interactive game world, Butler is also a good choice as the main 'slayer' and continues his good run but thats it for cast really.

    Sounds like a real B-movie but its pretty decent and worth checking out, still can't quite beat the classic Running man with Arnie though ;)
  • stuartb1234
    November 30, 2009
    stuartb1234
    Ok, well the film is stupid, really stupid. If they would have just filmed it without all the pointless camera tricks it would have been a shed load better. Gerard Butler just grunts his way through another movie. The only positive is Michael C Hall who is as creepy as always,...( read more) although his Dexter character is much better, he seems to be enjoying himself in this movie.
  • shiftyeyeddog
    November 14, 2009
    shiftyeyeddog
    This movie is like if the guys who made the Crank movies made a ripoff of Death Race and threw in elements of The Sims. ...Oh wait, that's exactly what it is.

    Yes, the Crank guys have shown they are one-note directors. The style here might have seemed original and fi...( read more)tting of the film's surreal in-game atmosphere, if only they hadn't already used it in their other films. As it is,the film has nothing original, but still manages to be fun. One thing they certainly don't skimp on is the action. And how can you not like a movie that starts out with a live-action teabag?!?
    The cast is so very random, with small pointless parts for people like Alison Lohman and Milo Ventimiglia. Butler does just fine, but the real standout here is Michael C. Hall, who surprised me by making for a perfect cocky, smarmy, egomaniacal villain.
  • rezpatriot
    October 8, 2009
    rezpatriot
    High Concept Action Flick. Its not too bad once you realise that the bad guys are real evil characters! I think some of the bad guys in this movie deserve to be ranked amongst the top 40 evil characters. 18+ no children at all. There are some scenes that children and parents will...( read more) find offensive.
  • AgentLexi2132
    October 4, 2009
    AgentLexi2132
    ''...Kable's the perfect soldier. He's a tactical killing computer. His only vulnerability is the nanex itself; the *ping*, the delay between Simon's commands and Kable's ability to execute...''

    Set in a future-world where humans can control other humans in mass-scale, mu...( read more)lti-player online gaming environments...

    Gerard Butler: Kable

    We see many types of futuristic films mixed with an action-packed revenge bad guy theme. In this regard Gamer is no different from previous projects which have preceded this venture. For it's strengths it has some interesting ideas and moralistic questions of how free will and control can be applied to human beings on a large scale. Death Race, a similar film released a couple of years ago, also had an entertainment spin on violence, criminals and racing. Gamer is a sort of virtual version of the former, being one of action, carnage and perhaps lacking originality in places but making up for that with new ideas in others.

    The whole concept gels well because Gamer also has a tightly knitted cast of strong players. Gerard Butler being the star attraction of the whole affair, Michael C. Hall the villian mastermind, and Logan Lerman as Simon the kid controlling Butler's Kable star of the game 'Slayers'.
    Acting wise it is weak on various scenes, which is unfortunate because other scenes are well executed.
    The actors weren't bad, but they were given little to work with. Butler was extraordinarily limited with few lines, I realise he's capable of so much more emotion than he showed here, so even his most poignant scenes were apparently stripped of almost all feeling by the directors. Sedgwick was so exaggerated as a character that she was stereotypically robotic, so much so that her character didn't gel with all the other characters she got into contact with. Can Valeletta act? I have no idea because she really didn't act at all here nor did it appear that she was supposed to.
    As for Ludacris he was simply ludicrous in this, his acting talent non-existent. I mean not all black people talk like home boys, and this let down the film slightly.

    ''I hope one day to have the opportunity to breach your firewall, Miss Parker Smith.''

    Gamer was written and directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor(Crank). I loved the action, but I disliked the script. It was disjointed and far too stylized, while I'm as much a fan of hand-held cameras as anybody, it was overused in the whole picture, and then combined with what amounted to a strobe effect as the screen flashed split seconds of disparate scenes. While these things can be very effective and provide unique perspectives they are not necessary in being used so often.
    I liked ideas, in the film, such as Kable drinking a whole bottle of vodka or alcohol, so he can later be sick into a car, hence giving fuel to the vehicle. A particularly disgusting fat guy controlling a girl confused me, but also made sense, in the regard there are a vast amount of sickos out there. A midget, a basketball final act, and a massive shootout in a suburban area show how surreal this whole affair is.

    Overall, Gamer is over so fast, gives us new ideas as well as old ones, opens our eyes to a futuristic vision of possibility. Gamer seems to be released in a time where hollywood seems to be interested in ''control'' and ''future'' with the also similar Surrogates. Fans of Gerard Butler, action films or futuristic movies will love this, just don't go into Gamer expecting a revelation or mind-blowing twist, this is violent rollercoaster fun.

    ''This is not something you can control!''
  • alfonz30
    December 8, 2009
    alfonz30
    it's pretty daaammn cool..
    always wondering if this is really happen in real life...
    but hopes not..he3

    set in d future....where people play online games n d subject they control is totally human being....
  • rbevanx
    December 8, 2009
    rbevanx
    Terrible, just terrible.
  • knoxville5181
    December 7, 2009
    knoxville5181
    wot a movie, if u like ur action this is one to check out
  • Jameshy
    December 7, 2009
    Jameshy
    Some interesting concepts but the style of this movie killed it for me. The editing is just so fast you can't actually tell whats going on. I preferred this film when it was called Running Man.
  • DanHanna
    December 6, 2009
    DanHanna
    Gerard Butler is a great actor. He deserves to be talked about in the same sentences as all the other top action actors.
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