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October 5th, 2009 1 Comment

Gamer-MovieYet again I’ve become pretty slack with the film reviews, but to be honest this one was quite forgettable….Infact, I’m almost tempted not to even bother reviewing it, but that would be a big mis-justice on the film world!! For every good film, there are the bad & all must be reviewed!!

Anyway, Gamer should have been soooo much better than it was, a pretty decent cast & interesting concept…basically it seems that us humans in the future get way too addicted to online gaming & social networking!! So much so, some people pay to play their character in a real life ‘Sims’ online community called ‘Society.’ Infact, the characters are actually played by real people who get paid for the pleasure of doing what some fat bloke in a chair halfway across the world tells them to do….

On top of that, the latest craze to hit the online community is ‘Slayers,’ where much like the film ‘DeathRace,’ the countries top criminals fight in an online battle (think Call of Duty etc) in a chance to win their freedom!! Of course, nothing is that easy….the crazy wacko behind this online world is just as twisted as the whole concept that he invented!! Basically, injecting some special nano cell technology into their brains, in order to hook them up to the tinternet!!

Sounds crap eh?….yep it was, but I still think the whole idea was pretty good. Especially, how realistic the online community ‘Society’ was & how much like Playstation Home it was….I can just imagine all the fat blokes in chairs parading around as short skirted bimbos!!

Anyway, my score out of ten is exactly the same as Chris’ score after his review….. 3/10.

So last night’s film was quite an experience….we went to see the latest Oscar winning performance (cough!) by Jason Statham in the film Death Race. This was no masterpiece, but then again from the trailer we knew it wouldn’t be!!

The basic plot involves Jason’s character Jensen becoming framed for killing his wife….the film is set in the future when the US prisons are run by private companies for profit after a fall in the American Economy (future??). Anyway, whilst in jail Jensen is forced to take on the role of legendary prison racing driver ‘Frankenstein’. You see the head of the jail, Hennessey (played by Joan Allen – she of the Bourne series), has created a DeathRace, which involves the inmates racing around in modified cars-laidened with guns & ammo in attempt to win the race by killing the other drivers!!

I wont give away the ending etc, but I’m sure you can guess what happens when Jensen finds out that winning the 5th race wont buy his freedom as promised & that his wife was murdered with the sole intention by Hennessey to get him to drive as ‘Frankenstein’.

Lets just say that the film was extremely cheesy, but also very enjoyable – with good action & fight sequencies….basically it did exactly what it said on the tin, so my score would be 6/10.

Having said that, the film did have one thing going for it & I’m not talking about the appearance of Lovejoy…no no no, more like the introduction of the very fine Natalie Martinez!! This 24year old Cuban beauty stars as Jensens navigator & boy does she look good in the process – check out these pictures if you don’t believe me!! Maybe, not all crap films are completely pointless…..