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Original title

Gamer (Citizen Game)

Year

2009

Running time

95 min.

Country

United States

Director

Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor

Screenwriter

Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor

Cast

Music

Robb Williamson, Geoff Zanelli

Cinematography

Ekkehart Pollack

Producer

Lionsgate, Lakeshore Entertainment

Genre

Sci-Fi. Thriller. Action | Dystopian film. Based on Video Games

Synopsis

Set in a future-world where humans can control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online gaming environments, a star player from a game looks to regain his independence while taking down the game's mastermind.

Gamer is a high-concept action thriller set in a near future when gaming and entertainment have evolved into a terrifying new hybrid. Humans control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online games: people play people... for keeps. Mind-control technology is widespread, and at the heart of the controversial games is its creator, reclusive billionaire Ken Castle (Michael C. Hall). His latest brainchild, the first-person shooter game "Slayers," allows millions to act out their most savage fantasies online in front of a global audience, using real prisoners as avatars with whom they fight to the death.

Kable (Gerard Butler) is the superstar and cult hero of the ultraviolent "Slayers." Kable is controlled by Simon, a young gamer with rock star status who continues to defy all odds by guiding Kable to victory each week. Taken from his family, imprisoned and forced to fight against his will, the modern day gladiator must survive long enough to escape the game to free his family, regain his identity and to save mankind from Castle's ruthless technology.

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Rankings Position

#70 Best Video Game Movies

Critics' reviews

"Gamer tries and fails to earn credit for slightly exaggerating the commingled nature of videogames and movies, violence and entertainment (...) bulky Butler doesn't deliver a performance so much as a workout routine."

Rob Nelson: Variety
"Depraved, bloody fun that also sneaks in some wicked social satire. (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)."

Rafer Guzmán: Newsday
"Neveldine and Taylor’s spazzy (but coherent) action scenes rely mostly on blood spurts instead of feats of badassery, but their dystopia is inventive and their visual schemes diverse."

Vadim Rizov: LA Weekly
"Rarely have the words "game over" come as such sweet relief."

Glenn Whipp: Los Angeles Times
"If you thought that (...) the 'Crank' franchise had already plumbed the basement of bad taste, be prepared to discover the sub-basement: 'Gamer,' a futuristic vomitorium of bosoms and bullets."

Jeannette Catsoulis: The New York Times

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