GAMER is a
high-concept action thriller set in a near future when gaming
and entertainment have evolved into a terrifying new hybrid.
Humans control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online
games: people play people...for keeps. Mind-control technology
is widespread, and at the heart of the controversial games is
its creator, reclusive billionaire Ken Castle (Michael C. Hall).
His latest brainchild, the first-person shooter game "Slayers,"
allows millions to act out their most savage fantasies online in
front of a global audience, using real prisoners as avatars with
whom they fight to the death.
Kable (300's Gerard Butler) is the superstar and cult hero of
the ultraviolent "Slayers." Kable is controlled by Simon, a
young gamer with rock star status who continues to defy all odds
by guiding Kable to victory each week. Taken from his family,
imprisoned and forced to fight against his will, the modern day
gladiator must survive long enough to escape the game to free
his family, regain his identity and to save mankind from
Castle's ruthless technology.
