GAMER – Reviewed by Noah

Gamer, directed by “visionary” Crank team Neveldine/Taylor, stars Gerard Butler as Kable, a convicted felon “persuaded” to join “Slayers.” “Slayers” is an online multi-player “game” where real people, like Kable, are “controlled” by children, or sweaty fat men in windowless rooms, via Al Gore’s mysterious “internet.” The “slayers” face off in combat using automatic weapons. Things blow up.

To add to Kable’s “problems,” his wife is involved in a side plot used to show how the inter-connectivity of the world is “tearing us apart.”

Also, there is a villain. He is played by Arsenio Hall’s brother, Dexter‘s own Michael Hall. Dexter plays Ken Castle, a dot-com mogul with a preposterous Southern accent, who created “Slayers” and will stop at nothing to keep it going.

To sum up, Gamer is a lot like The Running Man. Same basic plot, same mindless action. But if you enjoy things exploding and automatic gunfire, then you should definitely rent Gamer, or The Running Man. – [DVD]