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"An injection of adrenaline straight to the eye – which isn´t entirely a bad thing."
- Kim Newman (Empire Magazine)

"Attempts to lure audiences in with its fast-action but also provides a surprisingly thoughtful commentary on control and freedom and the means some will go to achieve it."
- Jeffrey Lyles (Gazette)

"Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor have slowly started garnering actual critical consideration for their Crank movies; with Gamer, they make another good case for taking them seriously."
- Vadim Rizov (L.A. Weekly)

Lionsgate will release Gamer on DVD & Blu-ray this January 19th. The film stars Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall, Amber Valletta, Alison Lohman, John Leguizamo, Aaron Yoo, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, and Kyra Sedgwick.

Special features will include:
• Audio Commentary with the Filmmakers and Cast Members (Writers/Directors Neveldine/Taylor and actors Amber Valletta, Alison Lohman, and Terry Crews)
• "Inside the Game" (making-of documentary) - This multi-part documentary examines the various components of getting Gamer from concept to completion through interviews with cast and crew.
• First Person Shooter: The Evolution of Red (featurette) - GAMER's groundbreaking video capture technology is revealed.
• Never Before Seen Theatrical Trailer: The "Doobie-ness" Cut - this trailer was cut for the film by the filmmakers but ultimately deemed too radical for audiences.
• I-Con Mode (expanded visual commentary) - go deep behind the scenes with this multi- dimensional exploration into the making of Gamer. (Blu-ray Exclusive)
• Cheat Codes - Gamer Cheats are individualized video pods dissecting scenes and elements from the film via video and audio explanations from crew members including production designer Jerry Fleming, stunt coordinator Darrin Prescott, composers Geoff Zanelli & Robb Williamson, director of photography Ekkehart Pollack, and visual effects supervisor James McQuaide.
• Lionsgate Live enabled
• Metamenu Remote enabled - access disc specific special features using your ipod and ipod touch!
• Digital Copy of the film (standard definition)

BOLD text indicates Blu-ray exclusives.

Synopsis:
In the near future, you don't live to play... you'll play to live.

Who's playing you?

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.

GAMER stars Gerard Butler (300, THE UGLY TRUTH), Michael C. Hall (TV's "Dexter"), Amber Valletta (TRANSPORTER 2), John Leguizamo (RIGHTEOUS KILL, ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13) and Kyra Sedgwick (TV's "The Closer").

GAMER is a near-future action/thriller starring Gerard Butler (Kable) as the champion of an on-line game called "Slayers". Mind-control technology has taken society by storm and "Slayers" allows humans control other humans in mass-scale, multiplayer online game. With his every move tracked by millions, Kable's ultimate challenge becomes regaining his identity and launching an attack on the system that has imprisoned him.

In 2034, mind-control technology has taken society by storm, and a multiplayer on-line game called "Slayers" allows gamers to control human death row prisoners in mass-scale deathmatches. Any inmate who lives through 30 matches wins his freedom. Simon (Logan Lerman) controls Kable (Gerard Butler) the on-line champion of the game having won 27 matches and lived through them all, with his every move tracked by millions, his ultimate challenge becomes regaining his identity and independence by defeating the game's mastermind (Michael C. Hall) through launching an attack on the system that has imprisoned him.

Rated R for frenetic sequences of strong brutal violence throughout, sexual content, nudity and language

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