Gamer

"In the near future, you don't live to play... you'll play to live."

Sep 4 2009 R 1h 35m
Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

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.

Plot

Ken Castle is extremely rich, popular, and powerful since he invented and started exploiting the virtual online parallel reality games. In these games, people can either pay to be a user or get paid to be an 'actor' in a system of mind-control. In the ultimate version, Slayers, death row convicts act as gladiators in a desperate dim bid for survival, which no one has achieved yet. The champion, John 'Kable' Tillman, is scheduled to die just before he'd gain release, but he persuades his teenage 'handler' to hand over the reins so he can fully use his talents and experience. Kable escapes to freedom, but Castle's men chase him. Kable has to fight his way back to Castle's headquarters to challenge his hidden evil plans.

Written by

Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor

Directed by

Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor

Cast

Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall, Ludacris

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Lakeshore Entertainment, Lionsgate

Languages

English

Awards

1 win total

Trailers
"Gamer" - Official Trailer [HQ HD]
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Average Rating
5.7 out of 10
Metascore
27
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