For viewers who enjoy “surrogate” and “fight-the-system” movies, “Gamer” is the one to watch. It keeps viewers’ attention by changing the style at nearly every turn. .The film, along with Gerard Butler’s performance, gives an incredible depiction of video games made real. The overall story was good, but has been done many times before. It is, however a grabbing restatement of “fight-the-system” stories.
This movie has style changes around every corner. One minute the viewer thinks it’s a serious sci-fi action movie, and the next minute it seems full of comedy. It’s as though it was made to keep the viewer guessing. The near-constant changes to the style grab hold of viewers’ attention before the first ten minutes of the movie are up, and it doesn’t let go until the credits scroll.
Butler’s job on this film and the cinematography both work together to show amazing depictions of live action video games. Gerard Butler did some of his best work in this movie and once again proves to be a very talented actor. The cinematography on scenes of the live video game is noteworthy as well. They depict action sequences and computer effects that are similar to video games of today.
The story itself was a good one, although it has been done countless times before. The basic idea of the story is too similar to “The Running Man.” One of the few differences between the two is that instead if the contest being put into a television show, it is put into a video game. In fact, the main good thing about it is that it shows that “surrogate/fight-the-system” stories still haven’t gotten old. Overall, the movie is an enjoyable retelling of a story done many times before.
My overall rating: 3 out of 5
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