Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Gerard ButlerKable
- Amber VallettaAngie
- Michael C. HallKen Castle
- Kyra SedgwickGina Parker Smith
- Logan LermanSimon
- Alison LohmanTrace
- Terry CrewsHackman
- Ramsey MooreGorge
- LudacrisHumanez Brother
- Johnny WhitworthScotch
Recommendations
- 42
The A.V. Club
The trouble with Gamer is that it’s weird, but not weird enough for the long haul. - 40
Variety
The audience gets played in Gamer. This latest eye-scraper from writer-directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor is as hopped up as their "Crank" pics, but with dour Gerard Butler as a soldier commandeered by a teenage gamer, it's considerably less interactive. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
The technical barrage of visual and digital effects, quick cuts and strobe lighting does produce something akin to the sensation of playing a video game. So why, one wonders, don't potential viewers simply play one instead of watching this pale imitation? - 38
ReelViews
I wonder if Gamer might make a good game; it certainly doesn't make a good movie. - 38
Boston Globe
For long stretches of the PlayStation-minded Gamer, the action does drag. - 30
Los Angeles Times
Rarely have the words "game over" come as such sweet relief. - 25
Entertainment Weekly
As the brutish Kable, Gerard Butler must find out who's pulling his strings, but it's the audience whose chain gets yanked by this headache-inducing techno-violent mishmash. - 20
New York Daily News
What the movie needs more than anything else is a fast-forward button.
