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Title: Guns Akimbo (2019)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Daniel Radcliffe | ... | Miles | |
| Samara Weaving | ... | Nix | |
| Ned Dennehy | ... | Riktor | |
| Natasha Liu Bordizzo | ... | Nova | |
| Grant Bowler | ... | Degraves | |
| Edwin Wright | ... | Stanton | |
| Milo Cawthorne | ... | Hadley | |
| Mark Rowley | ... | Dane | |
| Racheal Ofori | ... | Effie | |
| Set Sjöstrand | ... | Fuckface | |
| Rhys Darby | ... | Glenjamin | |
| Graham Vincent | ... | Cop #1 | |
| Tim Foley | ... | Cop #2 | |
| Richard Knowles | ... | Zander | |
| Aaron Jackson | ... | Clement | |
Miles is stuck in a dead-end programming job. Still in love with his ex-girlfriend Nova, he spends his waking hours between pining for her and scouring the internet as a social-justice troll, cowardly leaving anonymous insults to those who post objectionable content online. Meanwhile a cyber-gang, called Skizm, is running an ultra-violent game across his city, in which violent criminals fight to the death for the entertainment of an online audience of millions. Miles feels safe and secure insulting the sick audience of this game, but soon finds himself abducted and thrust into the game, forced to fight with an insane, gun-crazed, escaped lunatic. His only tools, but also his biggest handicap, are the two huge pistols that have been literally bolted onto his hands. Initially, Miles' lifetime of running from his problems pays off as he - barely - manages to elude his seemingly unstoppable opponent, but when Nova's life is threatened unless he takes an active part in the game, he must ... Written by Simon Manning
The negative reviews for this movie are hilarious. Are you expecting Shakespearean grade storytelling from a movie whose main character has guns bolted to his hands? This is meant to be pure entertainment and it delivers balls to the wall action mixed with over the top humour. I was genuinely entertained while watching this and I'm glad I decided to ignore the negativity surrounding it. It's best to just suspend belief and enjoy this film for what it is.