Tony is crazy about video games. But he is arrested during a hold-up which failed, and he goes to prison for eight months. When he gets out, he contacts Valery, GameStar's boss, and offers her a new video game concept.
Acting
Saïd Taghmaoui commits harder than this script deserves
Production
Peak Y2K aesthetic, unironically fascinating
Director
Patrick Levy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is not to be confused with the 2009 Gerard Butler movie of the same name, which somehow has an even wilder premise. France and Hollywood independently decided 'Gamer' was a perfect title in the 2000s.
Released right as 'The Matrix' obsession peaked, this captures that weird era where filmmakers thought video games were inherently cinematic but had no idea how to show actual gameplay. The 'game' scenes are gloriously abstract.
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