Gamer (2009)

Directed by

Brian Taylor, Mark Neveldine

Genre

action film, cyberpunk, science fiction film, prison film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

R

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 2,657 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a future where people can be controlled in online games, a death row inmate becomes a star in a brutal fight-for-your-life game. His teenage player must work with him to survive and escape the game.

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What happens

Gamer is a 2009 American science fiction action film written and directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. The film stars Gerard Butler as a participant in an online game in which participants can control human beings as players, and Logan Lerman as the player who controls him. Alongside Butler and Lerman, it also stars Michael C. Hall, Ludacris, Amber Valletta, Terry Crews, Alison Lohman, John Leguizamo, Sam Witwer and Zoë Bell. Gamer was released in North America on September 4, 2009, receiving generally negative reviews from critics and was a box-office bomb, grossing $42 million worldwide against a production budget of $50 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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