Gamer
“In the near future, you don't live to play... you'll play to live.”
Mind-control technology has taken society by a storm, a multiplayer on-line game called "Slayers" allows players to control human prisoners in mass-scale. Simon controls Kable, the online champion of the game. Kable's ultimate challenge becomes regaining his identity and independence by defeating the game's mastermind.
Genres
Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
Studio
Lakeshore Entertainment
Language
en
Status
Released
How Gamer performed
Budget
$50.0M
Worldwide Gross
$40.8M
Gross Profit
−$9.2M
Return
0.8× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$5M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~35/65, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (38% of the domestic run, typical for Action) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Kable
Gerard Butler
Kable
Angie
Amber Valletta
Angie
Ken Castle
Michael C. Hall
Ken Castle
Gina Parker Smith
Kyra Sedgwick
Gina Parker Smith
Simon
Logan Lerman
Simon
Trace
Alison Lohman
Trace
Hackman
Terry Crews
Hackman
Gorge
Ramsey Moore
Gorge
Humanz Brother
Ludacris
Humanz Brother
Scotch
Johnny Whitworth
Scotch
Train Guard
Dylan Kenin
Train Guard
News Co-Host #1
James Roday Rodriguez
News Co-Host #1
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