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Gerard Butler’s Best Action Movies
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Gamer
- Theatrical - Wide 2009-09-04
- Cast Gerard Butler Amber Valletta Kyra Sedgwick Logan Lerman Alison Lohman
- Directed by Brian Taylor Mark Neveldine
Box Office Gross:
$40,800,000
Running Time:
95 minutes
Language:
English
Production Company:
Lakeshore Entertainment, Taurus Film, Vincent Pictures, Lionsgate
Genres:
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Synopsis
Mind-control technology has taken society by a storm, a multiplayer on-line game called “Slayers” allows players to control human prisoners in mass-scale. Simon controls Kable, the online champion of the game. Kable’s ultimate challenge becomes regaining his identity and independence by... See more defeating the game’s mastermind.
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