GAMER (2009) - PREVIEW

Gamer (2009)

Starring: Gerard Butler, Milo Ventimiglia, Michael C. Hall, John Leguizamo, Aaron Yoo, Kyra Sedgwick, Amber Valletta
Director(s): Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Rated: Unrated
U.S. Opening Date: 7 August 2009

THEY SAY

Gamer is a near-future action / thriller starring Gerard Butler as Kable, the champion of an on-line game called "Slayers". Mind-control technology has taken society by storm and "Slayers" allows humans control other humans in mass-scale, multiplayer online game. With his every move tracked by millions, Kable's ultimate challenge becomes regaining his identity and launching an attack on the system that has imprisoned him.

The tag line goes: In the near future, you don't live to play... you'll play to live.
 

WE SAY

It’s an action flick directed by the guys who did Crank and stars Gerard Butler of 300!

So at a certain brain-dead teenager boy level we’re quite excited. After all, we liked Crank as much as the next guy. But come on! The whole futuristic blood sport thing is as old as science fiction itself! Or haven’t anyone seen Rollerball (the original made in 1975) and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s The Running Man (1987, based on a Stephen King story).

The filmmakers however promise something a bit more cerebral though: “It’s a little more Kubrick than Neveldine/Taylor at times,” says writer / co-director Mark Neveldine. Adds Butler: “To me, this is layered. It’s showing how society allows real violence into our lives.”

Neveldine is however quick to add: “It’s about ideas. But it’s also got bigger action set-pieces.”

(Note: This movie has undergone more title changes than Madonna adopting Third-World children! It was previously known as Game, The Game and Citizen Game. Check in here soon for further title changes!)
 

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