![]() Even if you want to see some hot lesbian actions probably imagined by very non-lesbian people, or a cute teenage boy who probably isn't supposed to do anything other than being a cute teenage boy.go ahead and see it. (but you'd be a little disappointed since he shows up less than you'd expect as this is quite a short movie, only 1.5 hours). ![]() Hall playing an evil guy trying to take over the world, and baring his muscles, and even showing off his Broadway background a little bit, go ahead and see it. If you want Gerald Butler running around shooting people, fighting people, baring his muscles and looking tough like action heroes do, go ahead and see it. So what do you expect from gamer? If you want gore, violence, blood, nudity.go ahead and see it. You just need to know what you should expect. To enjoy a movie, you don't need the movie to be amazing, great, or even good (sometimes). My movie philosophy: don't blame a movie for not being what it's not meant to be. Neveldine/Taylor take that dubious honor. You know, I used to think Uwe Boll or McG, or perhaps Michael Bay were the worst directors in Hollywood today. It worked for Crank because the style matched the frantic subject matter and almost became part of the theme of that movie. But boy do these directors (yes, it took TWO of them to make something this awful) need to get over themselves and learn how to visually tell a story without getting in the way of it. The concept and script weren't altogether losses. Gerard Butler is a tried and tested action hero. So the next day, I sat down and suffered through the last two thirds. So yes, I turned it off, but then I decided to review it anyway to perhaps save a few folks like me (people who can't stand this new era of ADHD movie directing) some time. If you could handle those movies then you might enjoy Gamer. Those were Catwoman (04), Vidocq (01), and Transporter 3 (08). Only three movies I can recall had directing and editing this distracting, annoying, and self-congratulating. No establishing shots, nothing subtle, rapid-fire editing, overuse of shaky-cam and not one single shot that isn't angled weird or pointing up someone's nose. It is shot like a 2-hour long music video. The directing and editing was so bad - with no single shot seeming to last for more than half a second - that I could barely follow the story and found the action unintelligible and boring. The first run around, I turned Gamer off after thirty minutes. Let us hope that, in our lifetime, we don't see this sort of thing happen. Although it is certainly a film with many short comings, it's entertaining and presents an interesting world with some scary realizations. No matter how disturbing some elements in the film may be, they seem to have an air of truth, and that elevates this film just-above-average. The interesting thing is that the film does do a good job of creating a world that could potentially exist. There's also plenty of T&A, which is rare in films these days, although I found most of it to be not veyr attractive. There is enough action and techno-gunk here, however, to make for an entertaining 90 minutes. Why Leguizamo is in this film, I have no clue. However, most of it is a mix between speedy action and lackluster dramatic scenes. The film rushes itself, finally slowing down to a decent pace at the end, with an ending that is very fitting and entertaining. Still, you can't help but feel detached from everything. It does edge close to Schwarzenegger's Running Man, although this film stands on its own with a stern Gerard Butler and over-the-top Michael C Hall. While the premise seems a bit silly, with some people subjecting themselves to more demeaning elements, it is a bit thought provoking, which is kind of nice in an action film. There's plenty of ultraviolence here and a world of uber-tech that revolves around mind control and the next phase in adult entertainment. Gamer is, first and foremost, mostly a brainless action film in the vein of Crank and other hyperkinetic actioneers, which is presented in fast, somewhat jittery cuts. Was it what I thought it would be? Kind of. However, after reading some initial reviews and seeing that the people over at Joblo found it to be pretty decent, I thought I would check it out. The previews of Gamer didn't terribly appeal to me.
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