Hyper-Insane 'Gamer' Trailer Now Online
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Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor's latest piece of madcap action has a new name (from Game to Citizen Game to Gamer), a new poster, and a new trailer. Luckily though, it's still exactly the kind of film you've come to expect from the directing duo. The trailer looks like a pretty tasty mash-up of The Running Man, Death Race, Escape from New York, and Gladiator with a dash of Blade Runner for color. If you've been annoyed at Gerard Butler going all chirpy and chick-flicky lately, this trailer will be a nice dose of neo-Leonidas. He really snarles and smashes through every frame of this -- and he even does so shirtless just to keep the crowd that does like his chick-flicky side happy.
Of course, Butler may be the top name, but he's not the only draw. Michael C. Hall is splendidly slimy here, and you'll get glimpses of Logan Lerman, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, John Leguizamo, Amber Valetta, and a blink-and-you-miss it shot of Kyra Sedgwick. Milo Ventimiglia and Alison Lohman are supposed to be somewhere in here, but it all happens too fast to see them.
It's silly for me to describe it further, so just check out the trailer below -- and if you have an XBox360, you can watch it there, but the rest of us have to get by with YouTube. Gamer hits theaters on September 4.
Of course, Butler may be the top name, but he's not the only draw. Michael C. Hall is splendidly slimy here, and you'll get glimpses of Logan Lerman, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, John Leguizamo, Amber Valetta, and a blink-and-you-miss it shot of Kyra Sedgwick. Milo Ventimiglia and Alison Lohman are supposed to be somewhere in here, but it all happens too fast to see them.
It's silly for me to describe it further, so just check out the trailer below -- and if you have an XBox360, you can watch it there, but the rest of us have to get by with YouTube. Gamer hits theaters on September 4.










Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
5-11-2009 @ 10:10AM
Glenn Broadway said...
Now that looks like some proper, old-skool tom foolery!
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5-11-2009 @ 10:32AM
Pixelwhore said...
This is basically a revised version of Running Man.
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5-11-2009 @ 8:40PM
weetiger said...
I respectfully disagree. I'll concede it was influenced by Running Man as well as the films Elisabeth named and a dash of Tron too. But I don't think it's a complete revision of any one of them. It looks cool and KICK A*S*S!
And it has Gerard Butler. Shirtless.
5-12-2009 @ 12:09PM
notintoit said...
Ugh. I'll wait for cable, but I won't pay $11 to see Kable in the theater.
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