Gamer (2009)
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 called “Slayers” looks to regain his independence while taking down the game’s mastermind. (imdb)
Review: I did not even know this came out last year, I thought it was a straight-to-dvd movie. LOL, sorry, this was during the time I was in Philippines (movies in Philippines are about a month delayed from North America). So I saw recently that it was coming out on DVD and seeing Gerard Butler was the lead, I knew I HAD to watch this! Gerard should do more action films, I love watching him in action films (he’s great in drama films too but I LOVE him in action films haha). He’s such a versatile actor. Anyway, I just saw this and I have one word to explain this whole movie and its concept: disturbing. Extremely disturbing. It made me think of Second Life, Warrock, all those multiplayer games and it just disturbed me. Don’t get me wrong, I love playing those games as much as the next person but seeing this movie, I hope we never ever get to this point where we play other people’s lives and think it fun and entertaining. It’s just disturbing. Really, really, extremely disturbing movie. Extremely. It’s a good movie and very gory but what really disturbed me was the concept. I know, it’s been done before (or so my dad tells me) but it was like watching something like Second Life or WarRock with real people doing everything. That’s really disturbing, I hope our world never becomes like that.
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The action sequences are disappointing, there’s a distinct lack of wit or invention in the direction and it’s also impossible to care about the characters when they’re so thinly sketched. I just did not like this film at all, but I tried too. Good review, check out mine when you can!