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Beta Test

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A video game tester makes a disturbing discovery about a new shooting game: the game's events are being mirrored in the real world, and the game's protagonist is actually a real person being remotely controlled.
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Joe Leydon Variety A real-world first-person shooter causes mayhem in this preposterous sci-fi action-thriller. Jul 22, 2016 Full Review Dann Gire Chicago Daily Herald Beta Test, directed, written and produced by Nicholas Gyeney, squanders a brilliantly inventive action premise with a comically silly disregard for necessary realism. Rated: 1.5/4 Jul 21, 2016 Full Review Mike McGranaghan Aisle Seat One of the stupidest and most offensive movies I've seen in more than twenty years as a film critic. Rated: 0.5/4 Jul 20, 2016 Full Review Elias Savada Film International In an attempt to meld the pc gaming world with that of modest-budget movie-making, Beta Test doesn't score many points. Rated: 1.5/5 Jul 11, 2016 Full Review Read all reviews

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Peter B Very underrated indie throwback to 90s action! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/12/24 Full Review Audience Member Underrated independent action movie. Calls back to 90s movies Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member It starts strong and does quite a few things to move this genre of film in the right direction. Sadly, it takes just as many missteps and ultimately feels like a complicated, silly mess of a plot. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member It’s gamer on a much smaller budget and to be fair to this film it doesn’t do it any worse either Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/22/19 Full Review Audience Member Claims to have the longest single-shoot fight scene in cinema history. Unfortunately, that's not a compliment. It's the most pointless, illogical part of the whole movie. It's a decent premise and an okay plot, but as the movie becomes more "real world" and less "videogame," the writing and direction actually get more videogammish. This could have been a decent movie--if they hadn't tried to cover weak writing with mediocre, nonsensical action. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Beta test features a very unique story that probably could’ve been something good but the execution is poor. It’s a b movie so it has that B-movie feel with some bad acting, bad dialogue, and a ridiculous plot. The movie also tries to mimic one long fight scene at the end which is OK but nothing spectacular. A wasted effort. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/01/19 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A video game tester makes a disturbing discovery about a new shooting game: the game's events are being mirrored in the real world, and the game's protagonist is actually a real person being remotely controlled.
Director
Nicholas Gyeney
Producer
Nicholas Gyeney, Larenz Tate, André Kirkman
Screenwriter
Nicholas Gyeney, André Kirkman
Distributor
Mirror Images Ltd.
Production Co
Mirror Images Ltd.
Genre
Sci-Fi, Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 22, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 2, 2016
Runtime
1h 28m
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