a5c7b9f00b Ken Castle is extremely rich, popular and powerful since he invented and started exploiting the virtual online parallel reality games, in which people can either pay as user or be paid as 'actor' in a system of mind-control. The ultimate version, Slayers, fields death row convicts as gladiators in a desperate dim bid for survival, which no-one made yet. The champion, John 'Kable' Tillman, was scheduled to die just before he'ld gain release, but he persuades his teenage 'handler' to hand over the reins so he can fully use his talents and experience. Thus Kable escapes to freedom, only to be chased illegally by Castle's men, yet fights back all the way to his HQ and challenges his evil hidden plans. In a future mind-controlling game, death row convicts are forced to battle in a 'Doom'-type environment. Convict Kable, controlled by Simon, a skilled teenage gamer, must survive thirty sessions in order to be set free. Or won't he? I am sorry guys, but this is honestly a bust of time. I felt more adrenaline while watching good old '80 action flick. It is a lot of shaky but meaningless action and gore and some breasts. The whole story (even though I am a big sci-fi fan) was pretty much nothing new.<br/><br/>The bad guy is once again just bad and nothing more, missing any depth of the character. And is just only a one of motives this movie shows, but does not really work with. Many good ideas didn't quite make it in this title. Many were just lost or didn't really have enough space or time to give you anything.<br/><br/>I find this picture as a kind of a movie you watch with your friends making a lot of funny comments because there is not enough stuff that would make you shut up and watch. Wow, I was really disappointed in this movie.From the trailers, this looks like a hard-core action movie that promises graphic violence and maybe good performances.At least the violence is graphic.Everything else is pretty much rubbish.I liked Gerard butler in underrated movies like "The Ugly Truth" and "Law Abiding Citizen". Allison Lohman was terrific in "Drag Me To Hell". Ludicrous is a good rapper.All of these people are in the wrong movie.Gerard Butler is the main character yet there's no humanism in his character.He seems like he never wanted to do this role but only accepted it for money.Money is 1 waste this movie offers.It offers poor performances, uninteresting story, and Terry Crews.What happened Terry? You were great in movies like "Idiocracy" and even "White Chicks" and now you should be ashamed of yourself."Gamer" is simply a waste of 85 minutes and good actors.It had potential, but it just sucked.It could make a cool video game, but as a movie, it's a real let down.I pray to God and Hollywood that there will be no "Gamer 2". What the movie needs more than anything else is a fast-forward button. Gamers is based on a screenplay by written and directed by American film-makers Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, who also co-directed the movie. John Tillman is his real name. The name "Kable" was given to him since he was in the Slayers game. The Nanites actually replace existing brain cells, probably those in the motor cortex, which control movement. People who have them are able to think and feel but not move on their own. The nanites are able to receive information from a transmitter and can send out any information they see or hear. They cannot be removed without killing the person.It is explained that the US prisons were so overcrowded, they were on the verge of bankruptcy. Castle's company provided funding in exchange for using the prisoners for his game, having made his fortune with the game Society. Also, there was a vote, and 68% of Americans voted in favor of using prisoners for sport. Given the film's timeline, it appears that (a) Kable was jailed, (b) his wife was unemployed for a time, (c) Child services took away their daughter and placed her in foster care, and (d) the only job she could get was in Society in a bid to regain custody of their daughter. However, later in the film, it is revealed that Castle may have influenced events. Partly. Indeed a petrol engine car can run on a mixture of ethanol (i.e. drinking alcohol) and gasoline. A car today needs about an 85% mixture of gasoline to ethanol to run. In terms of the movie, this means the truck is running because there is already some gas in the tank. However, a car needs a special carburetor to run with only ethanol instead of gasoline, and common potable ethanol is not flammable enough to run an engine, even with the special carburetor. Fuel-grade ethanol is usually 100% ethanol, while beer and wine are around 8% by volume, regular "hard" drinks have 40% (80 proof), and very few drinks have 75% (~151 proof). It's possible that what Kable drank was well-over 151 proof, but the effect upon his senses and motor function would've been severe, especially given the intense physical activity which likely sped up his metabolism. (The drink could've been spiked with medication that slows down metabolism, but that's reaching and also contradicts the point of urinating into the fuel tank.) Therefore, the truck in Gamer should not be able to run, especially with the "extras" added to the mix. That being said and given that the film takes place in the future, maybe cars at that time are equipped to run on ethanol instead of gasoline. However, it's very unlikely that store-bought alcoholic drinks could run such a car, and the chances are even lower on a mixture of alcohol, vomit, and urine. In summary, the truck very likely could run because of existing fuel already in the tank, and what Kable did was probably completely unnecessary. As shown in the movie, there were security cameras in the locker room, and they spotted it. It would have been confiscated.First, the audience cannot be sure what actually goes on in Society. There are two implied sex scenes. In the first, Kable's wife propositions the Pig-Nosed Man, and then it cuts away. Later, we see that she is unharmed. In the second implied sex scene, we see the upper torso of a naked woman hopping up and down in the rave. Given today's MMORPGs, it is quite possible that the "sex" in Society is actually quite tame and PG-rated, with the situation being much more interesting than the actual graphics. On the other hand, if actual sex did occur, it would be covered on the same statutes as pornography, which is legal in many countries as long as there is consent. The movie does not explain how far the actors are required to perform a sex act, but either way, it would be legal. Alternatively, many films extrapolate the future of the human race with the assumption of further lapses in censorship and "acceptable morality", therefore it's entirely possible in this future the sex implied on screen is entirely legal under the current laws. It's also possible that the facilitating of Society involves some illegal activity that is undetected or being ignored by the justice system.
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