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Saw that movie from last year “Gamer” last night rugged up on the couch supping herbal tea treating my cold with hearty chicken stew and TV time. I didn’t think they made B movie scifi flicks like this anymore, films like Escape From New York and Videodrome. Usually a collection of earnest alternate scifi ideas cribbed from literary scifi of the previous decades and done with trashy intensity and a sense of fun. I for one am glad these films are still around and Gamer is a pretty decent example helped along by the Gladiatoresque looks and performance of its star Gerard Butler and the first person shooter aesthetics of the camera and cgi work.
The novelty of having a Hollywood film deal with social networks and gaming as a setting alone makes it worth a look. But there are also good performances and pyrotechnic pacing to enjoy amongst the schlock. Trailer:
