Gamer (movie review

A film entitled Gamer, directed by Mark Neldine and Brian Taylor. The film stars Gerald Butler as a participants can control human beings as  player.

“Gamer” takes place in one of those “sometime in the future” future, where death row inmates are given the option of participating in a game called Slayers for the chance at freedom. Slayers is a bloody game where the con’s every action is controlled by a player, usually a kid standing inside a high-tech version of a desktop computer, except, well, it’s an entire room. The game was created by eccentric billionaire Ken Castle (Dexter’s Michael C. Hall), who has struck a deal with the federal government to take the cons off their burdened hands, and created an instant, global hit from it. The game’s greatest superstar is Kable (Butler), who as the film opens, is just four games shy of getting his grimy, blood-splattered hands on that elusive ticket to freedom. For you see, in exchange for participation in the game, the prisoners/players will be set free if they can survive 30 rounds of Slayers. No one has ever gotten as far as Kable, and if Castle has his way, Kable’s streak will never reach 30.

The parts of “Gamer” that excels are its “in-game” worlds – the entirely unrealistic but brutal world of Slayers, and the queasy, twisted, and oh-so-possible hedonism of Society, where people are literally controlled by players who forces them to do anything and everything for their enjoyment. Compared to Society, the world of Slayers is so over the top that it’s hard to take too seriously (would anyone really condone “playing” people who essentially kill other for our enjoyment, even death row convicts?), whereas Society’s world feels like it’s right around the corner, and is something that might be more readily acceptable to the masses. Yes, there are people who will pay to take control of strangers and use them to live out their fantasies, and there are people who are desperate enough that they would willingly subject themselves to be “played” for money. “Gamer’s” method of control, through nanite machines implanted in people’s brains may be farfetched, but let’s face it, a more low-tech version of Society is very much possible now.

I really enjoyed watching this over-the-top frenetic piece of sci-fic, together with my classmate last week. The action is extremely intense and messy.

I don't think this movie is good for anyone of any age. There’s a lot of violence which doesn’t bother me but would bother a lot of people. They could have done a lot better with this movie I thought. This could be considered an action-porn movie; nudity, sex, sexualized nicknames and many more. My classmates screams every time a sexual scene was played... Almost of us reacts, to those scene, because its abnormal. In short those scenes are not accepted in the society.