Storyline
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.
Directors
Writers
Cast
Johnny Whitworth, Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall, Logan Lerman, Amber Valletta, Terry Crews, Kyra Sedgwick, Ludacris, Alison Lohman, Milo Ventimiglia, Aaron Yoo, John Leguizamo, Zoë Bell, Ashley Rickards, Brighid Fleming, Maggie Lawson, Nikita Ramsey, Jade Ramsey, Mimi Michaels, Sadie Alexandru, Charles Dowdy III, David Rubin, Michael Weston, Noel Gugliemi, Keith David, James Roday, Samuel Witwer, Lloyd Kaufman, Dylan Kenin
Trailer
Reviews
42
The trouble with Gamer is that it’s weird, but not weird enough for the long haul.
40
Variety
The audience gets played in Gamer. This latest eye-scraper from writer-directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor is as hopped up as their "Crank" pics, but with dour Gerard Butler as a soldier commandeered by a teenage gamer, it's considerably less interactive.
40
The technical barrage of visual and digital effects, quick cuts and strobe lighting does produce something akin to the sensation of playing a video game. So why, one wonders, don't potential viewers simply play one instead of watching this pale imitation?
38
I wonder if Gamer might make a good game; it certainly doesn't make a good movie.
38
For long stretches of the PlayStation-minded Gamer, the action does drag.
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