Gamer
2009 · Movie · 1h 35m · R
ActionThrillerScience Fiction
"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.
Ratings
IMDb
5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes
29%
Metacritic
27/100
Key crew
- Brian TaylorDirector
- Mark NeveldineDirector
- Brian TaylorWriter
- Mark NeveldineWriter
- Geoff ZanelliOriginal Music Composer
- Robb WilliamsonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gerard ButlerKable
- Amber VallettaAngie
- Michael C. HallKen Castle
- Kyra SedgwickGina Parker Smith
- Logan LermanSimon
- Alison LohmanTrace
- Terry CrewsHackman
- Ramsey MooreGorge
- LudacrisHumanz Brother
- Johnny WhitworthScotch
- Dylan KeninTrain Guard
- James Roday RodriguezNews Co-Host #1
Stills
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Themes
mind controlprisonervideo gamedystopiagun battlewrongful imprisonmentwrongful convictiononline gaming2030sdeath gamenot too distant future