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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).

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Overview

User Rating:
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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
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1 win more
User Comments:
an abstract view of how users interact with their avatars more (106 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.
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95 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
The news anchors are played by "Psych" (2006) co-stars James Roday and Maggie Lawson who as of the film's release, were also in their third year of a relationship. more
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Revealing mistakes: In the scene showing the pyramids in Egypt, the word "Kable" is displayed backwards in Arabic letters. Since Arabic is read from right to left, the way it is shown in the movie, it would be read as "Lebaak". more
Quotes:
Simon: [upon seeing Kable vomit in gas tank] Aw, what the hell? That's just gross, bro. more
Movie Connections:
References Pinocchio (1940) more
Soundtrack:
I've Got No Strings more

FAQ

Does Kable have a real name?
Why didn't Kable just carry the alcohol to the battlefield?
How can the game "Slayers" be legal?
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33 out of 54 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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