Ready Player One

Theatrical - Wide 2018-03-30

Cast Tye Sheridan Olivia Cooke Ben Mendelsohn Letitia Wright
Directed by Steven Spielberg

Genres: Action Adventure Science-Fiction Thriller

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8/10

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The story of a virtual-reality game creator who offers up his entire company to the best player who can find an Easter egg in one of his many virtual worlds via a game called OASIS. A teenager named Wade Watts decides... See more to take it on after millions have failed over many years. The key to winning the game is a plethora of pop culture clues from the 1980s. Whomever figures it out and wins the game — without having their avatars killed in the process — takes over the entire OASIS empire.

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Review: Ready Player One

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PLOT: In a future where the population is obsessed with a virtual reality world called OASIS, a young man (Tye Sheridan) and his friends try to outsmart the machinations of an evil corporation which looks to solve three hidden puzzles...

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