Kyra Sedgwick Movie:

		List Price: $39.99		Label: Lionsgate Home Entertainment Salesrank: 7981 Released: January 19, 2010
		Our Price: $26.99
		MPAA Rating: R (Restricted) Media: Blu-ray

Editorial Review:
Gerard Butler stars as Kable, condemned criminal and globally famous super-soldier in the ultimate multiplayer game, "Slayers.” Human controllers direct each thought and move of real-life prison inmates battling in hyper-intense environments – where the goal is freedom and the penalty is death. But when Kable suddenly decides he wants out, his rebellion threatens the twisted plans of game creator Ken Castle (Michael C. Hall, TV’s "Dexter”), who will stop at nothing to crush the renegade commando in this taut, adrenaline-packed action-thriller.

Gamer [Blu-ray] Reviews:
The revolution will involve air hockey
2009-12-14 - Maybe "Gamer" is just too close to the truth for comfort, and this is why critics are panning it. After all, true masterpieces are 20 years ahead of the curve. Maybe we'll get it in 2029, about the same time, hopefully, that our houses will be fashioned with special Web screening rooms where we can lie down and people will automatically be able to invade our privacy on humongous video screens.

There's a key scene in the film where Kable has just been declared "fragged" and the general public is left holding its breath, all their hopes and dreams resting on this death row inmate besting the big corporate stooge. And it just drives the point home how we are so obsessed with violence in America that we make idols of our Mansons, our Dahmers and our George W. Bushes. Maybe it is just too hard for most of us to accept the fact that we are bloodthirsty beasts more sympathetic to villains than pesky peacenick, compost-loving heroes. I mean won't spoiled cabbage just deterioriate on its own just fine at the landfill, seeing as it's biodegradable anyway?

"Gamer" ends up being better than "Blade Runner," which was based on a short story by a drug addict who thought God lived in a mainframe on Jupiter; it's better than "Strange Days," written by a Martin Scorsese groupie (if you can get any more sad than that I don't even want to know); and it's way better than "The Matrix," which was nothing more than Zen Buddhist propaganda anyway as a favor to Keanu Reeves, who was still reeling over the fact that Brad Pitt had scored the main role in "Seven Years in Tibet" two years earlier. On top of which, Gerald Butler is a more convincing actor than Russell Crowe any day of the week ... and there is a really cool car chase scene.

Worth getting
2009-12-07 - I saw this movie 2times and thought it was worth buying im not a hardcore gamer or enything so I dont know if for some reason hardcore gamers dont like it? But if your like me and like buying and watching good movies get this one its good.

A visually engaging treat!
2009-11-29 - Perhaps flying in the face of the many not-so-positive comments, I personally found this movie to be a very enjoyable romp in fantasyland! Drawing inspiration from the Death Race, Kill Bill, and Punisher movies, it relies on intensive action visuals rather than plot complexities to hold your interest. Not being a gamer, I was unburdened by the inconsistencies in video game correctness; further, I thought the dance sequence was totally fun and appropriate, only serving to show off the arrogance of the self-obsessed billionaire creator of the human control mechanism! My only quibble with the film was the style of editing; the choppy, resolution-varying images made it difficult to appreciate the myriad of details during some of the faster-paced scenes. Like many action movies, this film was intended to dazzle through visual stimulation; for me, it succeeded!

good movie not for people who think they are siskel and ebert
2009-11-13 - I thought this movie was awesome i am going to get it when it comes out on the dvd i didn't get the dance scene like the other guy but it didn't ruin the whole movie for me I thought they could of had a better ending i was thinking something like the whole movie turned out to be a game or something like that something that would surprise the audience cause happily ever after going off into the sunset family vacation isn't very surprising but the movie is pretty good i thought the pervert peter petrelli was funny too (milo ventimiglia)

GAME OVER...INSERT COIN.
2009-11-10 - Gamer is yet another survival action flick, the difference being that the person who must survive is being controlled by another person who is literally playing with an individuals life. Gerard Butler plays an inmate who plays the game to win his freedom, the game being a capture the flag type of battle to the death. This movie is action packed and fairly stylized. For the first 30 minutes or so I thoroughly enjoyed the clever writing, the fast pace, and the different and interesting approach to the cinematography. But the good points in the beginning do not persist. There where many many moments in gamer that where quite simply awesome...unfortunately ridiculous plot twists....a corny dance number toward the end ( that's right I said dance number)and just garbage writing at times keeps this movie on the back burner. If you like brainless actioners then by all means try this one...as it has more brains than allot of the brainless actioners..but this movie is not really a good movie...entertaining...and sometimes interesting...but as a whole not that good.