Look up the definition of mediocre and you'll probably find Gamer in there somewhere. It has plenty of potential that gets squandered by the directors and their "style". I think the cameraman might have been having a seizure when he filmed this because the camera never stops moving and it is nauseating at times. Throw in poorly developed characters (other than a couple brief flashbacks there isn't any character development at all) and thinly outlined character motivations and you get a movie that is all style and no substance. The acting is all meh, with Michael C. Hall going completely over the top in a hilarious performance (good or bad, I'm not sure). This could have been a thought-provoking and disturbing film about the ramifications of all this on society, but instead it is a poorly constructed action film with a strong premise being muddled in the background.
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