Gamers Control Death-Row Inmates in Lionsgate Film, Gamer
Tuesday 12 May 2009 @ 1:57 pm | By David 'KidKobun' Bruno 12 CommentsExplosions coming from every corner of the frame? Check. Torched cars barreling through the air? Check. Dozens of bullets blanketing the screen? Check. Could this perhaps be the latest action-packed film from Michael Bay?! No, surprisingly its not. Its Gamer from directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. You know, Neveldine and Taylor. The gentlemen who brought us Crank and Crank: High Voltage.
Didn’t see them huh? Don’t sweat it, neither did I. That’s not to say they weren’t any good…I just never got around to seeing ‘em.
The duo’s latest film, Gamer, takes place in the not too distant future and follows Kabel (300’s Gerard Butler), one of many death-row inmates forced into participating in “Slayers”: an ultra-violent multi-player online game created by the reclusive twisted billionaire, Ken Castle (Michael C. Hall).
In Slayers inmates are controlled remotely through by high-paying participants using a pseudo-virtual mind control interface. To Kabel’s highly-skilled controller Simon, and the other paying customers, the inmates are nothing but disposable sacks of flesh that serve as a form of entertainment. Not only for them, but for the millions who tune in to watch Slayers online each week. However, to Kabel, Simon’s skill might be the key he needs to put a stop to Slayers and eliminate Castle.
Now if the core premise of inmates being forced to run a gauntlet of death and destruction in exchange for huge ratings sounds at all familiar to you, that’s because its been done before. You may recall a little film from 1987 called The Running Man which is based on the Stephen King novel of the same name.
Rather than sit around twiddling your thumbs while you wait for Lionsgate to release Gamer into theaters later this year on September 4th, perhaps you can ponder some of the following questions:
Pending Gamer warrants a sequel, I’ll bet dollars for donuts that they use a videogame-related term(s) in the film’s title. I can see the possibilities now: Slayers: Time Extended. Or Gamer: Powered-Up.
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i saw Crank (i’ve yet to se the second one) and thought it rather interesting xD… it also feels game-ish…
and i really wanna see this one
Yeah, I actually wanted to go see Crank: High Voltage while it was in theaters just because it looked like a fun “popcorn” film. That and it sorta’ has this GTA-esque vibe to it.
Well, the premise sounds nice, reminds me of the Wii game MADWORLD.
this is just like death race you win a buncha round you get set free
This COULD be good. I wonder how there going to pull it off though?
Agreed it could be good, but nearly every videogame movie doesn’t translate to the big screen. Then again I think most games have a limited ability to become movies.
suckage, i find, its usually achieved when translating a game to the silver screen… this on the other hand is a movie about a game concept which i imagine doesn’t follow the “movie to game equals shit”
this at least shows promise… at least its not a Uwe Boll Movie xD
Like Kuroneko said, this isnt a videogame movie but a movie about gaming. This could end up being quite good.
From the trailer it seems a bit cheesy, with a soundtrack that will garner the support of the cult movie crowd.
Will the plot be kinda lame? Most likely, but a part of me is betting this will achieve cult status like Hackers did so many years ago, without being realistic, plausible or even making much sense.
Hack the planet!
if Leonidas is there, i shall go see it!
Ready your breakfast and eat hearty…For tonight, we dine in the Mushroom Kingdom!
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