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The direction and writing duo of Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor are known to have two films to his credit, Crank and Crank sequel: High Voltage. Described by the two as "pure candy ADD" Crank films were high-octane, adrenaline and lined with the action. On the other hand, when this is story progression and character development, I've seen more artistic qualities in most Steven Seagal movies. Neveldine and Taylor finally enter effort, Gamer, a film that both believe will make their colleagues and assistants to the film aware that they can create movies with feeling and soul. Sheesh ... ..

Located in this popular place openly known as the "near future" Gamer's backdrop is a society that is focused on visual entertainment and hardcore violence (very similar to ours). One particular video games, entitled "Slayers" is a mass scale multiplayer Online game in which players assume the role of an avatar and face a large-scale combat. The catch? The vicissitudes of real life are condemned to death, forced to fight through a special mind-control technology developed by Ken Castle (Michael C. Hall of Showtime's hit series "Dexter"). The most prolific of these gladiators is Kable (300 Gerard Butler), controlled by player Simon (Logan Lerman). Like many prisoners of Hollywood, Kable has been jailed for a crime he did not commit and that he believes "Slayers" will lead to their eventual release and reunion with his family.

While the main premise is Gamer point A to point B, several subplots give the story some depth. One involves Angie Tillman, Kable is the wife (played by Amber Valletta), to be caught as an avatar in "Company", a social networking community full of coal and sexual deviance. Another is the Humanz, a unit of meters, which aims to stop Castillo and his game.

If you've seen movies such Crank, you should be very aware that Neveldine and Taylor style of filmmaking is comparable to Mike Tyson about 1989, they want to touch your ass and go do it as fast as possible and relentless. This time, they are incorporating a new type of camera called RED, which offers, as they describe, a soft and silky quality to the image. While I found this interesting fact, what really struck me was the limited use of green screen the film. Almost all the scenes were filmed in a real place, including a gypsum mine is at an altitude of 7,000 feet. In an age where almost everything is created and provided with CGI, I found this aspect of his films more refreshing.

As for the story, it seems that the duo is taking the pages of science fiction as an action movie The Running Man, Escape from New York, No Escape and Death Race. They take the concept of massively multiplayer games like Battlefield, Unreal and Halo and throw it in the pot.

For an action star, Gerard Butler is an ideal choice. From 300, the man has joined the likes of Hugh Jackman, Jason Statham, Clive Owen and others on a host of modern cinema badassery day of action. He does everything he makes of action the audience happy, wearing a sleeveless shirt that shows well-sculpted biceps, gave birth to a hard face that just cracks a smile and say smart ass hard, hard things makes the fan boys up and applaud.

To be honest, despite their efforts to create art worthy, Gamer film comes off as generic, high-energy action, only with a unique twist which is based off of the current technology of video games. On the other hand, there are a saving grace. While it will hook into the crowd of regulars looking for a young filmmaker quenched hard-R action and freshness nice guy can only get all addicted to MMO players end. You know I'm talking about, right? Those who pass countless hours, sacrifice jobs, relationships, and the overall credibility of performance as all humans for the sake of Everquest and World of Warcraft. That is, if they can stop playing long enough to be aware of the film.

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