Okay, I knew Gamer wasn't going to blow my mind or anything with some crazy detailed plot. I was expecting a relatively mindless sci-fi actioner. Well it was that. It was definitely action packed and definitely had an interesting premise, but what I didn't see coming was how weird and off the wall this thing was going to be. I mean, there was some WEIRD stuff going on in this one.
Set in a future-world where humans can control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online gaming environments, a star player, Kable (Gerard Butler - 300, PS, I Love You), from a game called "Slayers" looks to regain his freedom while taking down the game's mastermind. Slayers is a worldwide phenomenon in which death row inmates are given the opportunity to compete in a real life shooter game. Survive 30 matches and you go free, but you could die playing. The "players" are controlled by micro chips in their heads in which they are controlled by some kid in his bed room playing the game like someone would play Modern Warfare, except in this game there are really bullets and real people get killed. It is learned that the creator of this new technology is not such a nice guy and Kable is not such the bad guy. Well, Kable figures out a larger conspiracy and must escape prison to save himself and his loved ones.
This is a total guys movie. This movie is pretty much non-stop action. There's gun fights galore. People getting blown to bits, car chases, fist fights, tons of nudity, lots of sex, just a ton of fun. But thing are really weird too. You have one world/game that is just like Sim City or Second Life but instead of controlling an avatar on a computer screen, you are controlling a real person just like in Slayers. This is a persons job, they go to work and get controlled by some fat dude sitting in his living room. Because its a game, people are dressed crazy and basically all they do is go to this world and drink and do drugs and have sex but they have no consequences to they're own body. So you have a bunch of people dressed like Halloween doing crazy stuff and not reacting to the real world around them. But that's not the weird part. At the end, our villain uses his mind control powers to have a song and dance. Literally in the middle of this intense action movie, there is a song and dance. I mean weird!
Gerard Butler is a bad ass in this of course. The antagonist is Michael C. Hall (Dexter) and he is super creepy. Amber Valletta (Hitch, The Transporter 2) is Butler's wife and resident hottie. And she wears skimpy out fits the entire movie basically. Ludacris is a master computer hacker.
Like I said, this was a fun, dude's movie. You may be a little dumber, and definitely have that "what the hell just happened?" look on your face, but you will be entertained. There's tons of action, really cool visuals, pretty women, I mean, what else can you ask for if you are looking for some mindless fun? So, in conclusion, this is definitely not the best movie I've ever seen, but it's not the worst. Yes, the plot line absolutely ridiculous. Yes, its got some totally pointless and definitely weird parts. Yes, the acting is pretty bad. But, if you want to see a mindlessly fun movie, you may want to check this one out.
Set in a future-world where humans can control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online gaming environments, a star player, Kable (Gerard Butler - 300, PS, I Love You), from a game called "Slayers" looks to regain his freedom while taking down the game's mastermind. Slayers is a worldwide phenomenon in which death row inmates are given the opportunity to compete in a real life shooter game. Survive 30 matches and you go free, but you could die playing. The "players" are controlled by micro chips in their heads in which they are controlled by some kid in his bed room playing the game like someone would play Modern Warfare, except in this game there are really bullets and real people get killed. It is learned that the creator of this new technology is not such a nice guy and Kable is not such the bad guy. Well, Kable figures out a larger conspiracy and must escape prison to save himself and his loved ones.
This is a total guys movie. This movie is pretty much non-stop action. There's gun fights galore. People getting blown to bits, car chases, fist fights, tons of nudity, lots of sex, just a ton of fun. But thing are really weird too. You have one world/game that is just like Sim City or Second Life but instead of controlling an avatar on a computer screen, you are controlling a real person just like in Slayers. This is a persons job, they go to work and get controlled by some fat dude sitting in his living room. Because its a game, people are dressed crazy and basically all they do is go to this world and drink and do drugs and have sex but they have no consequences to they're own body. So you have a bunch of people dressed like Halloween doing crazy stuff and not reacting to the real world around them. But that's not the weird part. At the end, our villain uses his mind control powers to have a song and dance. Literally in the middle of this intense action movie, there is a song and dance. I mean weird!
Gerard Butler is a bad ass in this of course. The antagonist is Michael C. Hall (Dexter) and he is super creepy. Amber Valletta (Hitch, The Transporter 2) is Butler's wife and resident hottie. And she wears skimpy out fits the entire movie basically. Ludacris is a master computer hacker.
Like I said, this was a fun, dude's movie. You may be a little dumber, and definitely have that "what the hell just happened?" look on your face, but you will be entertained. There's tons of action, really cool visuals, pretty women, I mean, what else can you ask for if you are looking for some mindless fun? So, in conclusion, this is definitely not the best movie I've ever seen, but it's not the worst. Yes, the plot line absolutely ridiculous. Yes, its got some totally pointless and definitely weird parts. Yes, the acting is pretty bad. But, if you want to see a mindlessly fun movie, you may want to check this one out.
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ReplyDeleteThis sounds like an interesting movie. I am a fan of Hall and Butler. Good job.
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