When Cass (Brian Lewis) sets his eye on scoring a date with Natalie (Trin Miller), one of the world's top Romance of the Nine Empires players, she issues him a challenge: to show that he's ...
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Title: The Gamers: Hands of Fate (2013)
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| Brian S. Lewis | ... | Cass / Silence (as Brian Lewis) | |
| Trin Miller | ... | Natalie | |
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Samara Lerman | ... | Myriad |
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Jesse Lee Keeter | ... | Dundareel |
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Nathan Rice | ... | Lodge / Osric |
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Carol Roscoe | ... | Joanna / Daphne |
| Scott C. Brown | ... | Leo / Flynn | |
| Christian Doyle | ... | Gary / Luster | |
| Jennifer Page | ... | Penelope / Luster (as Jen Page) | |
| Matt Shimkus | ... | The Shadow | |
| Conner Marx | ... | Jase | |
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Ahren Buhmann | ... | Byron |
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M.J. Sieber | ... | Hunter |
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Jessica Avellone | ... | Coeli Quando (The Messenger) (as Jesica Avellone) |
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Anne Allgood | ... | The Queen |
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When Cass (Brian Lewis) sets his eye on scoring a date with Natalie (Trin Miller), one of the world's top Romance of the Nine Empires players, she issues him a challenge: to show that he's gamer enough to win this year's national championship. Determined to prove that he can win any game, Cass enlists his long-suffering game buddy, Leo (Scott C. Brown) to teach him everything he needs to know about collectible card games. But The Legacy, a group of hardcore gamers with an evil plan, has raised an army of the undead to win the game for themselves. Written by Anonymous
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Cass: No.
Weaver: I'm sorry?
Cass: No, I'm gonna call you... Louis. You look like a Louis to me.
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The name of the restaurant they eat at when Cass announcers they're all going to Gencon is called the AFK Cafe. AFK is gamer speak for Away from Keyboard, and refers to the time when a gamer steps away from their keyboard but leaves the game running. See more »Goofs
When Cass sits down to play against Natalie, he says "Hard guess, only girl here", but there is a woman with a green top clearly visible over his left shoulder. See more »Quotes
Weaver: A common theme one finds in classical mythology is the belief that all events are predetermined, that all outcomes have already been decided - by gods, weaving together the strands of fate. On a related note, you may call me Weaver.Cass: No.
Weaver: I'm sorry?
Cass: No, I'm gonna call you... Louis. You look like a Louis to me.
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From the forty-five minute The Gamers, through the one hour and a half The Gamers: Dorkness Rising, we get the two hour long Hands of Fate. It starts with the same team as in the second film, all happily playing their D&D game, only to be thwarted by cell phone rings "from work". It made me think that it will be a continuation of Dorkness, made in the same vein: the mature gamers who can't really play their game with reality intruding. I was wrong.
Soon enough we realize that reality has intruded way too much. They are not able to play the role playing game anymore. They are barely meeting once a year and then they never manage to end the game. Enter Natalie, a CCG player with a real passion for a card game with a storyline and a real nice face. Cass immediately falls for her and proceeds to learn to play the game. The entire movie is then about the fantasy land of the CCG game.
I don't want to spoil anything, so I will not reveal anything more about the plot. Enough said that the ending is reminiscent of the first Gamers film and that, even if at first I thought it was going to turn into a sort of weird documentary of what happens at Gen Con and I really really hated the Gary subplot where he is trying to kill the mascot of the show that replaced his childhood favorite, I ended up liking it.
I especially appreciated that Cass is as much a noob at card collectible games as I am and has the same disdain towards them as me, but as the movie unfolds, he gets to understand and respect the game, so I get to identify and evolve with the character while I am watching. I loved that.
Not that everything is dandy dory: most of the acting is completely over the top and some scenes did make me cringe. However the overall feel of the movie, the fact that most of the geekiness made sense and the subtle humor made me like the experience. A bit too long (just make a Director's cut without Gary's story! :) ), but enjoyable nonetheless. I do miss the free fantasizing of the D&D game, though.