Gamer
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Short description
In a near-future America where mind-control technology has become entertainment, the billionaire Ken Castle has turned death-row inmates into playable characters. His online game Slayers lets paying players direct real prisoners through deadly combat, all of it broadcast to a global audience. Kable, a convict controlled by a teenage player named Simon, has survived longer than anyone else in the arena and become the game's biggest star. Stripped of his freedom and separated from his wife Angie and his daughter, he wants out, and his only route to independence runs through the man who built the system.
Brian Taylor and Mark Neveldine wrote and directed the film, following the two Crank movies they made together. Gerard Butler plays Kable, with Amber Valletta as Angie, Michael C. Hall as Castle, Kyra Sedgwick as a television presenter, Logan Lerman as Simon and Alison Lohman as Trace. The production had a budget of 50 million dollars.
Released in September 2009, the film earned about 41 million dollars worldwide, less than its cost. Audiences rate it 5.7 out of 10 on IMDb, based on roughly 144,000 votes, and 5.7 out of 10 on TMDB from a much smaller sample. A critics' rating of 4.4 out of 10 from 80 reviews places it below the audience scores. Taylor and Neveldine went on to direct Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, though their later careers diverged.
What's left behind the scenes
- Jamie Foxx could have played one of the roles.
- The project was initially titled "Game".
- The directors had an idea to shoot the film in 3D, but since many films were attempting to be made in three dimensions at the time, and there were few cinemas equipped to provide 3D imaging, the film could have been released no earlier than summer 2010. The creators of the film could not wait that long.
- Logan Lerman's character wears a T-shirt with the inscription "Crank." This is a reference to the film "Crank" (2006), a previous work by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor.
- During one of the battles, you can notice a man in a business suit with a briefcase in his hand. He walks through the thick of the fighting, paying no attention to explosions or bullets. This is a reference to the character G-Man from the Half-Life series of games.
- The filming used a "Red One" digital camera; this was the second film shot with it. The first was Steven Soderbergh's "Che: Part One" (2008).
- At the 51st minute, during the costume selection for Angie, one of the outfits is a reference to Pris's appearance in "Blade Runner".
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
