Gamer (2009)
4/10
A chaotic sort of Matrix spin-off
21 September 2009
Warning: Spoilers
The subject is offering - but the way of making it true, sorely lacking...! The main flaw is the lack of consistency of ALL characters - these two guys don't know that you need CREDIBLE FLESHY HUMANS to make a story engaging? Then, the script is over-messy, way too dense for most of the audience, crowding together much too many plots, facts and details, right from the beginning, to allow a normal breathing for the narrative - and, when we come at last to make some sense out of it, it simply falls flat: another plot to conquer the world by manipulating politicians and dignitaries - this time, via web games! It's simply too little, for such a laborious effort.

Further, all the storyline (and the way of shooting it) is so packed with action, tension and gory show-off (plus the legitimate special effects), that it keeps from start to end "right under the ceiling" - and the effects is disappointingly anticlimactic: the Sandman comes to your eyelids around the 15th minute into the show, and will never leave again till the end! What I liked the most was the staff guy who calmly utters "Oops", when the villain buys it. That detail really had a touch of style.
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