Gamer
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- Synopsis
- Reality and video games merge in this high-concept sci-fi action thriller from Crank creators Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. In the not too distant future, mind-control technology allows humans to control the actions and movements of other humans, ......
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- Starring
- Gerard Butler, Amber Valletta, Michael C. Hall, Kyra Sedgwick, Logan Lerman
- Director(s)
- Brian Taylor, Mark Neveldine
- Distributor(s)
- Lionsgate
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 95 min.
Critic Reviews
The trouble with Gamer is that it’s weird, but not weird enough for the long haul.Read the full review
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.Read the full review
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?Read the full review
Headlines
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Cinematical Seven: The Good and The Bad of Gaming
01/19/10 I think we are all pretty sick of video game movies these days, and whether this is because most of them suck, I couldn't tell you. | Cinematical.com -
Ricky Gervais Learns To Lie While Gerard Butler Games On In The DVD Report For January 19
01/19/10 On the action side, we have Gerard Butler's "Gamer," which is basically a cross between "Gladiator" and "The Running Man." The film takes place in a dystopian future where nerds control beefy human avatars in a massively multiplayer online game. | MTV Movies Blog -
Spin-ematical: New on DVD and Blu-ray for 1/19
01/19/10 Perhaps Kate Beckinsale is the most powerful superchick of them all, lounging in Antarctica without the slightest winter weathering, fighting off the area's first killer. | Cinematical.com -
DVD: Newswire:DVD Release List – 01/19/10
01/18/10 This is the week for interestingly flawed movies that are worth at least a rental, top-lined by the high-concept Ricky Gervais comedy The Invention Of Lying (which bogs down whenever it tries to be a melancholy romantic comedy, but succeeds whenever Gervais is exploring the reality of a world without lies) and Gamer (a typically garish Neveldine/Taylor action movie with a savage satirical perspective on the future of gaming culture). | The A.V. Club -
And 2009's Biggest Bomb Was…Not What You Think
12/23/09 The Transformers sequel was kinda gigantic. | E! Online -
Gerard Butler
11/03/09 Gerard Butler has boarded Ralph Fiennes' directorial debut "Coriolanus." | Variety -
NBC has 'Zeroes' interest in drama project
11/01/09 The feature writing-directing team of Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor are venturing into television with a one-hour project for NBC. | The Hollywood Reporter -
Gerard Butler, You Are Officially on Movie Star Probation
10/19/09 It was a big weekend for Gerard Butler . | Defamer -
29% Gamer
10/17/09 With all of the hyperkinetic action and none of the flair of Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor's earlier work, Gamer has little replay value. | Rotten Tomatoes -
'Wild' ride at box office
10/15/09 Warner Bros. is getting in touch with its wild side with Spike Jonze's "Where the Wild Things Are" entering the frame at 3,735 locations. | Variety
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