Gamer

Synopsis: In the somewhat near future, technology allows a new Gaming platform. Humans controlling other humans. Kable, an inmate being controlled by a 17 is one deathmatch away from being released.

Wow. This movie was incredible. Incredibly good? Not so much. It was very interestingm and is the type of movie that has you thinking about it for a while. This movie definitley wasn't bad, but it wasn't great. And also, i think it has a very target audience, people who have some sort of participation in the tech worlld. Nowadays everyone is somewhat invested in computers, but im talking about people who have an extended interest in the technology world. Myself for example. I spend a lot of time online, and so this movie was a commentary on something very relevant to me. There is also side dialogue that tries to broaden the scope, like talking about how this movies scenario could effect common day problems like health care and such, but tech was the main focus.

That being said. For those that this movie interests, this was a pretty good movie. The action was intense, there was never really a lull in the adrenaline. The whole commentary on the online world, and its effects on the real world were carried out extremely well. There were moments when I was freaking out at the weirdness of this movie, and I can see this not being popular with a lot of people. Overall, I, as in me, really liked this movie. I am going to be thinking about it for a while. Ludacris was great, I think he's an amazingly underated actor. John C Riley of Dexter was great, kind of weird in that his accent kept changing, but he was good. I really like Gerard Butler, and I think he did Kable justice in this movie.

However, there were very many things I didn't like abou tthis movie. There were way to many plot holes and failures in logic. With a movie like this, its usually ok, but there were way too many. There were way too many, what if, moments. Moments like, a car flipping into a windo because a bullet flew into the engine, and things like that get annoying after a while. There were also a lot of storylines that were started, and not finished. Also many of the emotional bond between the characters seemed not very strong, kind of artificial. A lot of the dialogue was really cheesy and un-naturally written. The cuts were generic and unartistic. Also, things would happen, and the audience would have no idea why it hppened. Like why did he just kill that guy, or why was he able to do that? The one thing that really annoyed me about this movie, was how much went unexplained. They should have given more scientific background, and more details on the game. Is it a first person shooter, or third person, how does paying work, what are the rules, more details like this would have made the whole idea really believable and made the movie more enjoyable in general.

So if you are really into techie gadgety stuff and online games, and you are invested in the tech industry, you would probably thouroughly enjoy this movie. Otherwise, I think I have to advise you to stay away.