Fresh
Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor have slowly started garnering actual critical consideration for their Crank movies; with Gamer, they make another good case for taking them seriously.
Vadim Rizov, L.A. Weekly
Gamer
In the near future, you don't live to play... you'll play to live.
2009 · 1h 35m · R
Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
Mark Neveldine
,
Brian Taylor
Overview
Mind-control technology has taken society by a storm, a multiplayer on-line game called "Slayers" allows players to control human prisoners in mass-scale. Simon controls Kable, the online champion of the game. Kable's ultimate challenge becomes regaining his identity and independence by defeating the game's mastermind.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
29%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Crank's Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor direct with their usual flashy brio, and basso profundo Keith David has a sublime cameo as a cop indignant at the thought of a pistachio peanut butter sandwich.
Keith Uhlich, Time Out New York
Rotten
In the press materials Mr. Butler informs us enthusiastically that the movie "has all the hallmarks of Neveldine's and Taylor's sick, yet genius minds." At least he's half right.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Rotten
Bodies and buildings blow up but this is carnage of the most lacklustre sort, with any momentum petering out long before it's "game over."
Jason Anderson, Toronto Star
Rotten
It's a deeply cynical and joyless point of view, completely lacking in the winking visual style that made Crank worth a look.
Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times
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