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Gamer

In the near future, you don't live to play... you'll play to live.

Set in the future, technology has advanced to the point where video-game-playing kids can control real people in violent games. In Slayer, a 17-year-old is controlling a 'volunteer' from Death Row. If they can survive 30 games, the killer gets to walk free. However the people running the game send in a real killer, who may be a free agent, not controlled by anyone else. At the same time, there are concerned citizens working together to stop Slayer. Naturally things all come to a head towards the end. Expect plenty of violence and hyperkinetic editing.

95 minutes, No persons under 16 (Language, Nudity, Violence)
Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller.

Credits

Cast

Gerard Butler, Amber Valletta, Michael C. Hall, Kyra Sedgwick, Logan Lerman, Alison Lohman, Terry Crews, Ramsey Moore

Director

Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor

Screenplay

Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor

Music

Robb Williamson, Geoff Zanelli

Cinematography

Ekkehart Pollack

Editing

Peter Amundson, Fernando Villena, Doobie White

Sound formats

Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS

Soundtrack

Available

Made in

2009

Produced by

Lionsgate, Lakeshore Entertainment

SA Distributor

Nu Metro

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Science fiction, action, thriller
Language	Strong and frequent
Nudity	Semi-nudity
Sex	Strong innuendos and brief images
Violence	Strong and gratuitous
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	Alcohol
Comments	None
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity

Violence

Blood / Gore / Gross

Guns /
Weapons

Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs

Smoking

Disrespectful /
Bad Attitude

Imitative Behaviour

Frightening /
Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes

Tense Family Scenes

Music (Scary/Tense)

Music (Inappropriate)

Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)

International Media

eye Weekly (Canada)Will Sloan With its social commentary about a corrupt corporation, the low value it places on human life, and society’s increasing dependence on social networking, Gamer will come across as deep thinking to those who don’t think very deeply.

ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs There's an okay, if barely original story buried beneath the mayhem and ADD filmmaking, but no one will care once this cinematic cacophony runs out of quarters or loses its Internet connection.

Metacritic.com55 critics

RottenTomatoes.com65 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer With all of the hyperkinetic action and none of the flair of Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor's earlier work, Gamer has little replay value.

Internet (IMDB)6010 Netizens

Average .. 34%

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