Metacritic Movie Ratings
Gamer Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 40

  out of 100

  Variety

  The audience gets played in Gamer. This latest eye-scraper from writer-directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor is as hopped up as their "Crank" pics, but with dour Gerard Butler as a soldier commandeered by a teenage gamer, it's considerably less interactive.

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• 40

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt

  The technical barrage of visual and digital effects, quick cuts and strobe lighting does produce something akin to the sensation of playing a video game. So why, one wonders, don't potential viewers simply play one instead of watching this pale imitation?

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• 30

  out of 100

  Los Angeles Times

  Rarely have the words "game over" come as such sweet relief.

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• 25

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  As the brutish Kable, Gerard Butler must find out who's pulling his strings, but it's the audience whose chain gets yanked by this headache-inducing techno-violent mishmash.

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• 0

  out of 100

  The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis

  A futuristic vomitorium of bosoms and bullets.

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