Gamer (2009)

R09/03/2009Action, Thriller, Science Fiction1h 35m
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In the near future, you don't live to play... you'll play to live.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Gerard Butler

    Kable

  2. Cast 1

    Amber Valletta

    Angie

  3. Cast 1

    Michael C. Hall

    Ken Castle

  4. Cast 1

    Kyra Sedgwick

    Gina Parker Smith

  5. Cast 1

    Logan Lerman

    Simon

  6. Cast 1

    Alison Lohman

    Trace

  7. Cast 1

    Terry Crews

    Hackman

  8. Cast 1

    Ramsey Moore

    Gorge

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    Ludacris

    Humanz Brother

**Running Man with a dash of Facebook** Running Man with a dash of Facebook, and not much more. Maybe more the book Running Man, less the Schwarzenegger thing. But essentially, it's that story - bits of which have been filmed numerous times. The logistics and the logic in this story don't add up. Unclear rules and chaotic action scenes permanently maxed-out on violence make it impossible to either feel the danger, or compassion with the protagonists during the battles. And outside the battles, there is not much suspense either, nor acting possibilites, nor dialogue, let alone character...