While testing the latest first person shooter from global game developer, Sentinel, video game champion Max Troy discovers the events happening within the game are being reflected in the real world. He soon determines that the game's protagonist is real-life Orson Creed, an ex-Sentinel employee who is being remotely controlled by the corporation for reasons unknown. As virtual and real worlds collide, Max and Creed must join forces to unravel the conspiracy before the game's sinister events escalate and overwhelm the city.
Practical Effects
Surprisingly decent fight choreography for the budget
Acting
Manu Bennett commits harder than this film deserves
Production
Game interface designs actually look like real 2016 UI
Director
Nicholas Gyeney
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Nicholas Gyeney is a former semi-pro gamer who crowdfunded this film after studios passed. The Seattle filming locations include the actual offices of several game companies.
Released months before Netflix's Black Mirror episode 'Playtest,' this film accidentally predicted the 'haunted game dev' subgenre that exploded in indie horror by 2020.
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