“Gamer” with Gerard Butler
Posted on Friday, January 29th, 2010
Gerard Butler has been churning out movies left and right for the past two years and I’ve been waiting for his movie “Gamer” to come out on DVD. The film takes place in the future, where prison systems are overloaded and the government winds up resorting to a radical solution to ‘clean up the streets.’
Using advanced technology, the government and an exclusive company rigs the brains of inmates, drug addicts and other underlings in such a way to create the ultimate video game – one where humans control other humans in a game-like setting similar to “Call of Duty.” If an inmate survives 30 sessions, they are granted their freedom.
Gerard Butler plays the main character – one of the best ‘slayers.’ Overall, the movie offers action, shootouts, fighting, advanced technology, issues of morality, and the underlying theme of a man fighting for the love of his family. The concept is clever and I believe they packed a lot of information into a short period of time. It left me pondering about the future of our jail and judicial system, as well as the frightening abuses of technology that places excessive power into the hands of the wrong people.
“Gamer” won’t be winning any Academy Awards anytime soon, but it was certainly entertaining, thought provoking, and watchable.
My Name is Yona Williams and I Write » Blog Archive » The Many Faces of Gerard Butler says: February 19th, 2010 at 12:04 pm
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