Gamer

Rating: 6.4/10
Genre: Action
Overall value for money and time: 6.5/10

A futuristic movie where convicts on death row get an opportunity for freedom once they survive 20 gruelling rounds of violence. However, they are not in control of themselves, instead, their movements, weapons and equipments are all determined and controlled by other humans. It's pretty much a virtual reality game, where you control real humans and determine if they live or die.

The action scenes did not live up to expectations, and the camera shots were downright nauseating and irritating. Though it was intended to make it feel as if they were really in a video game, the static screen and the messy camera angles put me off a little. Most of the action scenes were presented in the trailer, and though there was effort put into developing a storyline to this seemingly brainless action packed movie, it didn't quite work for me. Movies of similar plots have been made such as Condemned and Death Race, but the novelty of this movie (whereby humans are controlled by humans) wasn't enough to blow me off my seat.

The concept of the technology was brilliant, but the execution was doomed for failure. It kinda reminded me of another movie, Push - good concept, but movie didn't bring out the full essence of it. Though I rated it low, I didn't regret watching it because my curiosity will never be satisfied until I've experienced the disappointment firsthand.