Gamer

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Gamer

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Released Sep 4, 2009

1h 35m

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Mystery & Thriller

Sci-Fi

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Each week Kable (Gerard Butler), a death-row inmate, battles his fellow prisoners in a violent online game called "Slayers," his every move controlled by a young gamer's remote device. To the players, Kable and the other inmates are just simulated characters. But, to a resistance group that opposes the game's inventor, Kable is a critical component of their plan to end the inventor's form of high-tech slavery.

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Critics Consensus

With all of the hyperkinetic action and none of the flair of Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor's earlier work, Gamer has little replay value.

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Keith Uhlich

Time Out

Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor direct with their usual flashy brio.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 17, 2011

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Kim Newman

Empire Magazine

An injection of adrenaline straight to the eye - which isn't entirely a bad thing.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 18, 2009

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Sukhdev Sandhu

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Can I get back the ninety minutes of my life that I squandered sitting through this miasmic upchuck of techno sludge? What was the story again?

Rated: 0/5

Sep 18, 2009

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

A hostile movie that pretends to contain some semblance of criticism toward escalating video game brutality and social detachment. But its commentary is presented underneath an orgy of Hollywood movie violence and gratuitous boob close-ups.

Rated: 1.5/4

Sep 4, 2023

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

A throwaway film.

Rated: 1.0/4.0

Sep 8, 2020

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Nick Rogers

Midwest Film Journal

Unquestionably the greatest Gerard Butler film (and not the same as a film with Gerard Butler). No, it's the ne plus ultraviolence of knucklehead action on which he's cornered the market -one splattering him with brains while showing its own.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 24, 2019

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Martin K

Durchaus sehenswerter Film! Bei der heutigen bekloppten Gaming-Gesellschaft würde ich diesem Film sogar etwas Tiefgang zuschreiben. Mich zumindest hat er zum Nachdenken gebracht.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/02/25

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Deric C

Great movie with great acting. Gerard Butler is the man in this movie!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/20/25

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char s

Fun, fast, visceral and uncomplicated shoot me up film, decent soundtrack. bit of a social commentary on immersive gaming and society- released 16 yrs ago, you can see how it could be a possible reality.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/28/25

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John C

Okay, I know that this is really a `Gerard Butler' film, but you can't talk about Gamer without mentioning TV's most charming serial killer, Dexter (played by Michael C Hall). Here, we see a side of him which wouldn't be seen dead in Miami Metro PD. He talks with a southern US accent, sings and dances while he brainwashes hordes of badguys to do his bidding - he really lets his `dark passenger' run wild! But anyway, enough of the baddie. We're really here to watch Gerard Butler as a convict who's forced to allow himself to be controlled by a computer game playing kid in a violent game of death. And it is violent. The shoot outs are pretty well done and there's plenty of action and sexual depravity to keep the (mainstream) masses amused. Don't expect too much in the way of a story or character development, but were you really thinking there would be in a Gerard Butler film (bless him)? It's style over substance. Which is a bad thing if you're looking for a deep and meaningful film. However, I was expecting rampant bloodshed and plenty of fighting and I got just that (plus Dexter behaving like he was on drugs). What more could I wish for? Well, apart from a coherent plot, but, hey, you can't have everything in life!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/25/24

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Carlos T

Filme: GAMER Elenco: @gerardbutler @mchdaily @ambervalletta @miloanthonyventimiglia @loganlerman @ludacris @terrycrews Modelo: #ficção #ação #action Duração: 1h 35m Ano: 2009 Minha opinião: Um filme crazy, onde seres humanos são usados como marionetes nas mãos de jogadores. Em futuro onde parte da sociedade esta em uma vida precária, se submetem a serem usados omo marionete. E em várias versões de jogos de estilo de vida, de pessoas que fazem oque gostaria de fazer na vida real. Tem um estilo trash também com cenas com violência sexual entre outras coisas, onde demonstra o pior do ser humano. Esta todo embutida neste filme. Onde vejo como o ser humano tem bizarrices em sua mente e se tivesse oportunidade colocaria tudo isso para fora em uma Matrix. Ou a hipocrisia dos seres humanos. Creio que o filme tenha este intuito de trazer esta quetão. Um filme inteligente com bons efeitos e CGI e muita ação e tiros. Um filme cheio de sangue e violento. E temos atuações razoáveis dos atores. Temos como vilão aquele que detem todo o domínio neste mundo real virtual do gamer. Castle (Hall) do seriado Dexter. Que quer destruir Kable que se vencer mais um jogo terá sua liberdade da prisão. Mas sabemos que isso não vai acontecer ao estilo dos filmes “O Vingador do Futuro” e “Corrida Mortal”. Roteiro e enredo um filme com uma abordagem reflexível. Tem derramento de sangue por isso 18 anos. Vale apena assistir? Sim para maior idade. Nota: filme em si 6, mas com a mensagem que quer transmitir 8. A média 7

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/03/24

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Dinos K

Gerard Butler is really bad actor and doing only sh*tty movies

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/16/24

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Synopsis

Each week Kable (Gerard Butler), a death-row inmate, battles his fellow prisoners in a violent online game called "Slayers," his every move controlled by a young gamer's remote device. To the players, Kable and the other inmates are just simulated characters. But, to a resistance group that opposes the game's inventor, Kable is a critical component of their plan to end the inventor's form of high-tech slavery.

Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Producer: Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Skip Williamson, Richard S. Wright
Screenwriter: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Lionsgate Films, Lakeshore Entertainment
Rating: R (Nudity|Language|Sexual Content|Strong Brutal Violence)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 4, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 1, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $20.5M
Runtime: 1h 35m

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