

Gamer
In the near future, you don't live to play... you'll play to live.
Mind-control technology has taken society by a storm, a multiplayer on-line game called "Slayers" allows players to control human prisoners in mass-scale. Simon controls Kable, the online champion of the game. Kable's ultimate challenge becomes regaining his identity and independence by defeating the game's mastermind.
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5.7/10
2,737 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $50M
- Box office
- $40.8M
- Language
- English
- mind control
- prisoner
- video game
- dystopia
- gun battle
- wrongful imprisonment
- wrongful conviction
- online gaming
- 2030s
- death game
- not too distant future
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR4 Sept 2009
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1816 Sept 2009
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalMA 15+16 Dec 2009
CanadaCA
- TheatricalR4 Sept 2009
BrazilBR
- Theatrical142 Oct 2009
BulgariaBG
- TheatricalC25 Sept 2009
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1511 Sept 2009
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-154 Sept 2009
FranceFR
- Theatrical129 Sept 2009
- PhysicalDVD / Blu-ray20 Jan 2010
- Digital / OTTPrime Video22 Apr 2021
GermanyDE
- Theatrical187 Jan 2010
GreeceGR
- Theatrical153 Sept 2009
HungaryHU
- Digital / OTT1829 Oct 2009
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Gamer was released on 3 September 2009.
Audience reviews
2- J4/10
jw
1/11/2022
**Running Man with a dash of Facebook** Running Man with a dash of Facebook, and not much more. Maybe more the book Running Man, less the Schwarzenegger thing. But essentially, it's that story - bits of which have been filmed numerous times. The logistics and the logic in this story don't add up. Unclear rules and chaotic action scenes permanently maxed-out on violence make it impossible to either feel the dang…
- J5/10
JPV852
12/2/2025
Not terrible but pretty weak sci-fi thriller that reminds me of The Running Man meets The Matrix. This is your usual Gerard Butler vehicle and he's at least okay and Amber Valletta and that outfit she sported was wonderful while Michael C. Hall, especially at the end, seemed to be having a great time, but this is one I have no desire to revisit. **2.5/5**
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