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Gamer
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Gamer is a 2009 American action, science fiction, and thriller film directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, who also wrote the screenplay. The movie stars Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall, Amber Valletta, and Logan Lerman. Produced by Lakeshore Entertainment and Starz Entertainment, with additional involvement from Taurus Film, Vincent Pictures, and Lionsgate, the film was released in 2009. It is set in the year 2034 and explores themes of telepresence and mind control within a dystopian society.
The narrative takes place in New York and involves prisoners participating in video games. Filming occurred in New Mexico, and the runtime is 95 minutes. The film was distributed via video on demand by Starz Entertainment. It has a budget of 50,000,000 and generated revenue of 40,800,000. Critical reception included review scores of 4.3/10, 27/100, and 29%, while audience ratings reached 5.7 on IMDb and 5.692 on TMDb. The tagline states, "In the near future, you don't live to play... you'll play to live."
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5.7Mind-control technology has taken society by a storm, a multiplayer on-line game called "Slayers" allows players to control human prisoners in mass-scale. Simon controls Kable, the online champion of the game. Kable's ultimate challenge becomes regaining his identity and independence by defeating the game's mastermind.
Cast
- Gerard Butler as Kable
- Amber Valletta as Angie
- Michael C. Hall as Ken Castle
- Kyra Sedgwick as Gina Parker Smith
- Logan Lerman as Simon
- Alison Lohman as Trace
Themes
- mind control
- prisoner
- video game
- dystopia
- gun battle
- wrongful imprisonment
- wrongful conviction
- online gaming
- 2030s
- death game
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- cyberpunk
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- telepresence
- Director
- Brian Taylor
- Screenwriter
- Brian Taylor
- Cast member
- Mimi Michaels
- Production company
- Starz Entertainment
- Narrative location
- New York
- Filming location
- New Mexico
- Duration
- 95
- FilmAffinity ID
- 353520
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.gamerthemovie.com
- Image
- Gamer.svg
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- publication date
- 2009-01-01
- title
- Gamer
- different from
- gamer
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 29%
- set in period
- 2034
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