Helllo September! Where the heck did the summer go? The 3 day weekend that officially closes summer features 2 theatrical releases, one is the fun action/sci-fi/thriller GAMER, the other is the after thought known as CARRIERS. No contest as to the winner this week. On DVD, some weaksauce releases that won’t blow your skirt up in any direction. SUPERNATURAL SEASON 4 hits, the Charles Bronson flick THE EVIL MEN DO, and the HENRY redo DRIFTER: HENRY LEE LUCAS. How boring. Looks like a good weekend to catch some RUNNING MAN-esque action, baby!
GAMER
Rated: R for frenetic sequences of strong brutal violence throughout, sexual content, nudity and language.
Starring Gerard Butler, Amber Valletta, Michael C. Hall, Kyra Sedgwick
Directed by Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Run Time: 1 hr. 45 min.
Set in the near future, a time when mind-control technology has taken society by storm. Humans control other humans in a mass-scale, multiplayer online game. Reclusive billionaire Ken Castle has created the controversial form of entertainment, “Slayers,” a hugely popular game that allows millions to act out their innermost desires and fantasies — online — in front of a global audience. Gaming has evolved into a terrifying new dimension-mind control-manipulation-people playing people. At the center is Kable, the superstar and cult hero of “Slayers,” the savage, ultra-violent first person shooter game. 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.
CARRIERS
Rated: PG-13 for violence, disturbing content and language.
Starring Chris Pine, Lou Taylor Pucci, Piper Perabo, Emily VanCamp, Christopher Meloni
Directed by Alex Pastor, David Pastor
Run Time: 1 hr. 24 min.
Four friends try to escape a viral pandemic in the American West. They ultimately discover that they are more dangerous to each other.
SUPERNATURAL SEASON 4
Rated: Not Rated
Starring ared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jim Beaver, Misha Collins
Directed by Various
Run Time: 945 Min.
Brothers investigate the supernatural.
THE EVIL THAT MEN DO
Rated: R
Starring Charles Bronson, Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Run Time: 90 minutes
A professional killer comes out ot retirement to investigate and avenge the brutal murder of an old friend.
DRIFTER: HENRY LEE LUCAS
Rated: R
Starring Antonio Sabato, Jr.
Directed by Michael Feifer
Run Time: 81 minutes
Considered to be one of America’s most notorious serial killers, Henry Lee Lucas admitted to committing over 350 murders with partner and fellow serial killer Ottis Toole while drifting through multiple states in the American South from 1975 until his arrest in 1983.