Gamer
Gamer is a 2009 American science fiction action film written and directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. The film stars Gerard Butler as a participant in an online game in which participants can control human beings as players, and Logan Lerman as the player who controls him. Alongside Butler and Lerman, it also stars Michael C. Hall, Ludacris, Amber Valletta, Terry Crews, Alison Lohman, John Leguizamo, Sam Witwer and Zoë Bell.
Plot
In 2034, computer programmer Ken Castle invents self-replicating nanites that replace brain tissue and allow humans to control other humans' actions and see through their eyes. The first application of Castle's "Nanex" technology is a virtual community life simulation game, Society, which allows gamers to manipulate live actors as their avatars. Society becomes a worldwide sensation, making Castle the richest man in the world. He then creates Slayers, a third-person shooter where the "characters" are death-row prisoners using real weapons in specially designated areas. Unlike Society actors, Slayers participants are not paid; instead, they volunteer, and any Slayer who survives 30 matches will earn their freedom. John "Kable" Tillman is everyone's favorite, having survived a record 27 matches, and is controlled by a 17-year-old named Simon.
Cast
- Aaron Yoo
- Alison Lohman
- Amber Valletta
- Ashley Rickards
- Efren Ramirez
- Gerard Butler
- Jade Ramsey
- James Roday Rodriguez
- John de Lancie
- John Leguizamo
- Jonathan Chase
- Keith David
- Keith Jardine
- Kyra Sedgwick
- Lloyd Kaufman
- Logan Lerman
- Ludacris
- Maggie Lawson
- Michael C. Hall
- Michael Weston
- Milo Ventimiglia
- Mimi Michaels
- Nikita Ramsey
- Sadie Alexandru
- Sam Witwer
- Terry Crews
- Zoë Bell
More details
| author | Brian Taylor Mark Neveldine |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York |
| director | Brian Taylor Mark Neveldine |
| editor | Fernando Villena Peter Amundson |
| events | telepresence |
| genre | action crime science fiction |
| keywords | adopt arrest avatar best friend brain tissue brainwash computer programmer control people against their will estranged wife fbi foster family fragged fragging game gamer handicap help kill lag learn life simulation game lock mod nanite ping stab talk show third-person shooter virtual community win |
| musicBy | Geoff Zanelli Robert Williamson |
| producer | Gary Lucchesi Richard Wright Skip Williamson Tom Rosenberg |
| productionCompany | Lakeshore Entertainment Lionsgate |
| publisher | Lionsgate |
| recordedAt | New Mexico |
| theme | death prison science fiction action |