Jack Lehtonen
29Mar12
As someone who largely considers this film a masterwork, I totally agree with you. I've always felt that those shots were the most glaring flaw.
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Ellis Potter
20Apr12
So much going on here. A love letter to exploitation in film while also contributing to the genre itself. Walks the line between parody/seriously statement and its just fun, fun, fun. Made me seek out Crank 2 (which was slightly lacking). GAMER is Neveldine/Taylor's finest film for me. Word.
Danny Indio
27Mar12
I really enjoyed this movie, surprisingly. One minor thing I didn't like is the use of the disgusting fat guy as representative of a typical gamer cuz it lets the audience off the hook. The audience which comprises a large part of the gamers out there probably feels morally superior to the fat guy even though they probably share similar characteristics. They look at the fat guy and say that can't be us, it is tho.
Danny Indio
27Mar12
This movie does what the best sci-fi tend to do... make a poignant commentary on contemporary society. And using action, no less. Slick, directed with verve and the actors throw themselves fully into the roles.
Douglas Reese
21Mar12
When I first watched "Gamer" in the cinema back in 2009, I walked out repulsed and angry. Disturbed. Such an ugly film, I thought. Hated it. Having rewatched it now, in 2012, I have to say. I finished it repulsed and angry. Disturbed. Such an ugly film, I still think. But now? I think it's some kinda masterpiece. A very socially relevant film - with the power to repulse and disgust with ease.
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Trevor Tillman
20Mar12
Very underrated. There was something kind of powerful and incredibly timely about the juxtaposition of blissful consumer culture with the horrific violence the death-row prisoners are forced to endure, particularly when Logan Lerman's character is shown images of the consequences of his gaming.
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FilmFan<3
11Jan12
So Godard, Verhoeven, and Miike I guess got together. Did a bunch of Drugs, fucked. Weeks later Verhoeven gave birth to twins (only in their ideals) Neveldine/Taylor. Then Godard and Miike gave the twins a bunch of drugs, and they began their film career
Hunter Duesing
23Jul11
GAMER is full of brilliant concepts and ideas that get bogged down in Nevaldine/Taylor's visual pizzazz. Their stylish approach serves the material in the CRANK films, here it more often than not causes their ideas to get lost in the noise. The idea behind the SOCIETY game was more interesting to me than the SLAYERS game that was central to the story, to me, SOCIETY has a more interesting movie in there somewhere.
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T.J. Royal
22Jul11
Watching this on Blu-Ray made a big difference for it remaining visually coherent. Dunno if that's a praise or a negative critique.... I thought this movie didn't dig into its ideas about control over others, and the potential for economic windfalls from that. But it presented those ideas in a way where I could fill in my own blanks and think about those concepts seriously, and not every "action movie" can say that.
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Daniel McCarthy
10Jun11
If anything this deserves a special award for being boring, stupid and offensive all at the same time.
rado
4Jan11
"Gamer" has great skills and is more relevant than "reputable" films, restoring the glory of B-movies.
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Jake Cole
4Jan11
How can Neveldine/Taylor be so arrhythmic yet maintain such a sense of flow? Less avant-garde in structure than their Crank series, it's also a damn sight more ambitious and winds up one of the most daring commercial projects in recent years.
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Jack Lehtonen
25Nov10
A fascinating and repulsive barrage of high-speed images, a complete bombardment, utterly degenerate and brilliant. Taylor and Neveldine blend Paul Verhoeven, Tony Scott, and Michael Bay to create one of the most exhilirating and juvenile cinematic experiences of all time. Filmmakers like Chris Nolan could only dream of making films this exciting. Jesus.
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Caden Cotard
23Jul10
Seth, agreed. It's trash, but it's awesome trash. And Michale C. Hall is amazing. "I've got youuuu, under my skinnn..."
Cindo
24Jan10
Am I the only one that really enjoyed this film...? I would not be surprised if the world turned out like that, technology can get scary sometimes especially when it heads to that psychotic direction. A video game like "Society" could definitely become popular especially with the desperate virgins and/or fetish lovers of the world...
