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Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Movie review
From Time Out London
‘The Ugly Truth’ star Gerard Butler returns to the action fold as Kable, the unwilling anti-hero of the violent near-future gaming phenomenon Slayers – an online game that allows players to control death row prisoners. Created by gazillionaire mogul Ken Castle (Michael C Hall) – who at one point demonstrates his puppet-master fortitude by performing a Bob Fosse-esque rendition of ‘I’ve Got You Under My Skin’ – this humans-in-harm’s-way competition is really a smoke screen for…world domination!Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (‘Crank’) direct with their usual flashy brio, and basso profundo Keith David has a sublime cameo as a cop indignant at the thought of a pistachio butter sandwich. Yes, it’s that kind of movie, folks.
Author: Keith Uhlich, Time Out New York
Time Out London Issue 2039: 17-23 September, 2009
User reviews of this film
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- s433d said...
- Posted on Sep 26 2009 13:00 fairly good build up all the way through, but the climax....... absolutely rubbish.. the ending is the worst ending ever!! dont waste your time with this movie.
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- cats meow said...
- Posted on Sep 25 2009 17:13 High on octane but totally pointless overuse of technology. If this is a vision of the future then I'll just commit suicide. A great film for the uninspired who spend their lives playing nintendo games.
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- megadg said...
- Posted on Sep 25 2009 12:47 love'd it.. sim's take off was great too, escape was a bit of a copy of other films but other wise, .. SiFi 's in this month
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- neil gray said...
- Posted on Sep 17 2009 21:00 this film is as bad as shooter if you seen that. don't watch this tosh.
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Cast & crew
Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Cast: Gerard Butler, Amber Valletta, Michael C Hall, Kyra Sedgwick, Alison Lohman, Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges full cast
Genre(s): Action/Adventure
Rated: 18
Duration: 95 mins
UK Release: Sep 18 2009
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