Hooked on the Game (2009)

Original title

На игре

Directed by

Pavel Sanayev

Genre

action film, cyberpunk, science fiction film

Country

Russia

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

16+

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 69 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of video game players find that their gaming skills become real when they are thrust into a dangerous game that blurs the line between fiction and reality. They must use their abilities to survive.

fast-pacedtensesuspensefulfuturisticgrittyvisceral

What happens

Hooked on the Game (Russian: На игре, romanized: Na igre) is a 2009 Russian action film directed by Pavel Sanayev, it is an adaptation of the science-fiction comic book about to video gamers. It is based on Alexander Chubaryan's novel Games into Life. The working title of the film was Gamers. In Search of a Goal, but it was changed to Hooked on the Game, due to the release of the movie Gamer starring Gerard Butler. In April 2010, the sequel Hooked on the Game: A New Level was released. In the spring of 2012, STS hosted the premiere of the 8-episode television series Gamers, a continuation of the films Hooked on the Game and Hooked on the Game: A New Level. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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