Gerard Butler stars as a criminal who is forced to play for his life in a real-life video game being controlled by a "player" on the outside.An interesting idea which is not executed well at all - the combat sequences are nothing new,hulking brutes with huge weapons blazing away at each other indiscriminately so one cannot see who is shooting at whom.
Frankly,it is a complete mess.All that needs to be known is Gerard is the "hero" and he is the person to "root for".This sort of thing was done infinitely better in Schwarzenegger's The Running Man and this is a very poor imitation indeed.Dexter's Michael C. Hall is passably entertaining as the multi-billionaire behind the whole game and yes you've guessed it there is a showdown between him and our "hero" who manfully fights his way through all the carnage to confront the villain.
Yawn.What a waste of celluloid.1/10
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