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Gamer (2009) -- Set in a future-world where humans can control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online gaming environments, a star player (Butler) from a game called "Slayers" looks to regain his independence while taking down the game's mastermind (Hall).

Overview

User Rating:
5.8/10   13,240 votes
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Writers (WGA):
Mark Neveldine (written by) &
Brian Taylor (written by)
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Release Date:
4 September 2009 (USA) more
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Tagline:
In the near future, you don't live to play... you'll play to live. more
Plot:
Set in a future-world where humans can control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online gaming environments... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
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Justin Timberlake Collaborates With The Game For R.E.D. Album
 (From MTV Music News. 14 December 2009, 8:58 AM, PST)

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an abstract view of how users interact with their avatars more (109 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Citizen Game (USA) (fake working title)
Game (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for frenetic sequences of strong brutal violence throughout, sexual content, nudity and language.
Runtime:
95 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
The opening montage of time-lapse shots and other scenes of the world where we see ads for Kable and/or graffiti of Ken Castle overlaid on buildings or walls are mostly taken from Ron Fricke's wordless film Baraka (1992), for example, the shots of the Giza Pyramids, India, homeless man sleeping under a bridge among others. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: In the scene where it reads "Kables Last Stand" on three separate buildings, the furthest left building has the original banner reflection of the middle building in place of the word "Last", including an NBC logo at the bottom. more
Quotes:
Humanz Brother: This is not something you can control! more
Movie Connections:
References Crank (2006) more
Soundtrack:
I've Got You Under My Skin more

FAQ

Does Kable have a real name?
Did Kable's wife become an actor in Society voluntarily? How did she lose custody of their daughter?
How can "Society" be legal?
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39 out of 62 people found the following comment useful.
an abstract view of how users interact with their avatars, 6 September 2009
7/10
Author: calevenice from United States

The movie was fairly good. Even though slayers should have been more defined, it did explain the basics of it (make it to the save point alive). The movie being "abstract" worked very well for everything besides the slayers sequences, but those were surprisingly short. Something that I thought they did very well though is showing how the user interacts with their character. In MMO's today, you have a-holes who will screw up other people's fun and during one of the society scenes, there is an example of this with the roller blading. Its made even more powerful by people laughing at other people 's injuries, disgracing of dead bodies, etc. because its the icons (avatars) getting abused, not the users.

From an academic standpoint, this movie is great since it shows off how sick and uncaring people can be when its not their bodies being abused or shot at.

Anyways, if you want to see this movie, I warn you that there it is rated R for good reasons. It made me think that they should separate the R-rating into R1 and R2 or R and RR. This is because many R movies are lite-R's (some swearing, some nudity, some blood, but nothing out-of-control so to speak) and many other R movies are heavy-R's (i.e. saw, many cheesy horror flicks, and this movie)

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