“It’s the worst film I’ve even seen!”. How often have you heard that statement or said it yourself? More than once I expect. However, for every utterance of said statement there is a whole lot worse you have yet to discover on straight to DVD films. Gamer should have been one of these straight to DVD films. Somehow (probably due to star Gerard Butler’s increasing popularity) it has got a mainstream cinema release. Instead of watching this film, I suggest you wait outside the screen and listen to peoples comments as they leave. It surely will only be a few seconds before you hear someone pronounce the above. It really is that bad. The storyline is a blatant rip off of the Running Man, mixed with a bit of Death Race and The Sims computer game. The twist here being that Kable (Butler) is controlled by a teenager who “plays” him in real life multi-player shoot em ups. Any plot there is soon disappears quicker than one of the hundreds of kinetic jump cuts, and has more holes than one of the many bullet ridden bodies that litter the streets of the “game” world that Kable plays in. The acting is atrocious from everyone, even the usually reliable Butler, who looks as confused as his character as to how on earth he’s ended up in this cinematic car crash. Everything about this film is appalling. It’s depressing to think something like this gets a green light, when there’s thousands of aspiring film makers out there struggling for finance. Writer/Directors Nevedline and Taylor were behind the silly but entertaining Crank, but that films follow up was a huge disappointment. This makes Crank: High Voltage look like Die Hard. Some people have also said that Nevedline and Taylor's films are misogynist. Well, I’m not saying anything either way, but this film is crammed with T & A totally superfluous to the storyline. One character at one point wears a t-shirt with a pair of breasts on it. I’d suggest a pair of testicles on the t-shirt would have given a more apt description to this cinematic nightmare.
The OC Film Sting Final Verdict
I honestly cannot think of a single positive thing about this. Just an utter mess from start to finish. Rating: 0/10.
I would give the film 1/10 for the hedonistic Sims-esque costumes and scenes...can't really comment on the rest as it was so ridiculous I consciously chose to fall asleep instead.
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