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Tags: "Gamer", gerard butler, michael c. hall, trailer
Posted Sep 4th 2009 at 9:01 am in Film, Video |
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Name this movie: An ace CIA operative, condemned as a rogue and now hunted by the Company, bashes and crashes his way through colorful foreign settings, pursued by heavily armed hit men, while back at Langley headquarters an inscrutable deputy director and one of his top lieutenants are arousing the...






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It's the end of summer, it's got stuff blowing up, it's got Michael C Hall chewing scenery and enjoying the hell out of it, and it's by the guys who did "Crank." Perfect matinee popcorn flick!
Reminds me of the movie Running Man with Arnold and Richard Dawson.
It appears to be a movie devoid of any holiness or decency. Pass.
"Running Man" meets "Avatar."
"Death Race," anyone?
It looks terrible. And to and earlier poster, 13t Floor was awesome and should not be put into the same catagory as Rollerball or Deathrace.
Thank you
It's Death Race remake (which I have to say, was tons better than I expected) only instead of borrowing from the Twisted Metal video game series (normal/semi-normal vehicles get souped up and have to drive around blowing each other up) it's now borrowing from 1st person shooters like Call of Duty.
Given the fact that the video game industry is the most financially powerful medium of culture now (I heard somewhere it makes more money than both the music industry and the movie industry) I think they need to start making more movies that incorporate gamer-ism into the plot. Or at least take the director's chair for game-related projects away from Uwe Boll & Paul WS Anderson. Since the industry has grown exponentially in the last 15 years and has evolved substantially, it really seems to be something that the film industry should be taking heed of. The problem is that they insist on taking great, great games like the Resident Evil franchise and then giving them over to talentless hacks like Paul Anderson for him to write his own "original" (read: tripe) version of while ignoring what made the original product endearing.
This movie will lose millions of dollars which just as easily could've been placed in my bank account and saved everyone the trouble.
I'll split it with ya!
It's a "blow stuff up" movie – the kind my brother & I go see to escape for a bit.
But then again, I enjoyed GIJoe & Transformers2 cuz I don't expect too much…
Deathrace was great, mindless fun, with lots of explosions. Rollerball (the recent version) was less of the same.
The 13th Floor requires more thought, but it boils down to Evil Video Game. It's like a live action ReBoot.
A whopping 22% at Rotten Tomatoes…now we see why Gerard Butler would rather stay with the silly romcoms!
No, I think that's Bruce Willis' upcoming "Surrogates." Or maybe that's "Westworld" meets "Avatar?"
My friend, you must pass on a lotta movies if those are your criteria! ;-D
Which Call of Duty game did they turn into Saving Private Ryan?
I had a long response typed up about how Metal Gear Solid (excellent story, near flawless game) would make a crappy movie. Then I remembered The Rock. Protagonist sneaks around, must aviod better-armed guards who aren't shy about calling for reinforcements, to protect the world from terrorists. The movie was a successful venture, if I recall.
I think if more directors pinched the story from the games, rather than the title, they'd have more success. Resident Evil is a great example of this. I liked the first two movies, but I've never played the games. The fans of the game unanimoulsy decry the movies as utter garbage. If they'd called the movie anything else, those who liked the movie (like me) would still like it, and the fans of the game wouldn't be pissed at the rape of their beloved franchise.
Holiness? how many movies have holiness in them?
this movie will make an a$$load of money from teen boys who have nothing better to do.
That's when I lost interest. The first movie I could buy it because she's the elite guard of the facility. The second, she's just a sexy version of the Corporations's Nemesis project, but not as good because the action is a bit over-the-top. The third movie–pyrokinesis? WTF?
Zombie movies are much better when it's regular people dealing with the Undead. I heard World War Z is being made into a movie, and if they follow the book to the letter, the movie can't help but be awesome.
If Gerry Butler doesn't scream "THIS! IS! XBOX!" before kicking Ludacris in slow-mo down a well, I'm not watching it.
For Gerard Butler to be the Next Arnold, he must appear in movies where his character name's are all simiar to "Dale Johnston" but he inexplicably speaks with an unscrutable Scottish burr.
Actually, that's what Sean Connery made a career out of too.
Best comment, bar none.
Best comment, bar none.
Bugger, this is where my comment was supposed to be!!! sheesh.
Actually I found the trailer for Surrogates more intriguing because they seemed to try to make more out of their premise (note I´m putting this in cautious terms).
I always thought Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare would make a great film. Good call.
Another action movie filmed in no-color-no-contrast-o-vision. They don´t have the guts or competence to film anything in glorious, crisp black & white but they happily give us washed out smudges. And all their explosions look the same.
Or Death Race, or Rollerball, or the 13th Floor, or any other of a plethora of Evil Game Show/Twisted Video Game movies that exist.
It'll be on my netflix queue.
I can think of maybe 5 movies that meet your rigid criteria. At least you must be hitting the books a lot!
My first thought as well. And I won't say that movie was art, but it *was* fun.
Teen boys and possibly at least one 45 year old mother of four.
I thought World War Z was a great read- very compelling, smart, and entertaining- and I am scared as heck that the movie will be FUBAR by lousy directing, cheap shots at conservatives (McCain/Palin buttons on zombies, dialogue like "Aim for the brain! Pretend they're Rush listeners!"), over-the-top acting, etc.
I'm bracing for disappointment.
It's Death Race remake (which I have to say, was tons better then I expected) only instead of borrowing from the Twisted Metal video game series (normal/semi-normal vehicles get souped up and have to drive around blowing each other up) it's now borrowing from 1st person shooters like Call of Duty.
Seriously. DR remake: Guy gets pulled out of prison to participate in game where contestants drive souped up cars around trying to blow each other up and win freedom
Gamer: Guy gets pulled out of prison to participate in game where contestants are given guns and have to run around trying to kill each other.
I sort of want to see Gamer though, but I think they could've given everything a semi-sinister vibe if they had the kid controlling Gerard Butler use a modern-style Xbox controller. Given the fact that the video game industry is the most powerful form of culture now (I heard somewhere it makes more money then both the music industry and the movie industry) I think they need to start making more movies that incorporate gamer-ism into the plot (but not the d*** gamer subculture, PLEASE)
Let's pretend Mortal Kombat & Street Fighter the movie never happened and begin with a fresh page. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare told the story of a USMC Force Recon soldier deployed to a war-torn middle east country to depose of a dictator who staged a coup against a US friendly leader while a team of SAS soldiers assisted Russians fighting a civil war against an anti-Western rebel leading an army called Ultra-nationalists (read: re-Soviet Russia). Now hearing those plot details, who doesn't think they could make a taut action movie out of that?
Well it is really Paul Anderson. He butchered the plot of Resident Evil to make the movie. I concede that the fanboys should all be put in a sound-proof chamber and studied to see what nutrients can be derived from them (sorry been reading the Ross Perot pamphlets) but I think a lot of it boils down to Rule of Cool & Canon Sue status within the Resident Evil film franchise. I don't care how good a martial artist you are, you don't use kung-fu against a zombie dog. You don't. It's just lame. You don't use Kung Fu against Nemesis. Find Alice in the following article
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It's really jilting to see the situation go from normal people being hunted by waves of the undead vs. Super Girl killing zombies by the thousand & making it look easy while the actual canon characters are forced to just sit back and marvel at how great non-canon Alice is. The original game was so-simple yet so-genius. Team of people trapped in mansion. Mansion full of undead. It's a basic haunted-house film with zombies replacing a guy in a mask.
I was laughing uproarously over all the guys' comments about Cougars, but now I come on here and everyone is pooh-poohing this movie. So Im gonna make you men go "ICKY POO" by saying this:
I dont care if its good or not. Its got Gerard Butler. Hubba hubba!!!
The plot of this movie reminds me of an early Xbox game called Killswitch. The backstory was a US Special Forces member was kidnapped and had his mind/body hijacked. The terrorists used him to infiltrate and destabilize countries under the guise of a US military soldier, until he regained control of his body and took the fight to them. Pretty much the same "in control of another body" concept with a "Running Man" twist.
Anyone remember Harsh Realm, back in 1999?
It boiled down to some crazy general kidnapped soldiers and plugged them into a war simulation game. It lasted about half a season.
Win.
*MissQuinn*
Tis true.
One might become a bit upset if one had spent time in Hollywood shopping around a television series called "Gamers", which was looked at by multiple showrunners but ultimately turned down, and then one saw a movie preview for a show called "Gamers."
But then I stopped being upset because this story looks ridiculous, and my series concept was brilliant and original. Whew, what a relief. Hollywood still sucks.
Great, another movie designed to put convicts in a positive light–this time, by suggesting our society would be capable of enslaving death row inmates for combat.
Back in the real world, we wring our hands over whether lethal injections might cause a teensy-weensy bit of pain. Wouldn't want a cold-blooded killer feeling pain!
RIGHT ON, BROTHA!
Thank you for saying this.
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