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The CRANK Guys Go Sci Fi!! The Trailer For GAMER Is Here!!
Merrick here...
Neveldine/Taylor, the writer/director duo behind the CRANK films, will next bring us GAMER (starring Gerard Butler). Seems chock full 'o' guns & 'splosions.
A trailer for the film pretty much speaks for itself, and can be viewed via the (probably to disappear soon) YouTube embed below.
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May 11, 2009 10:15:33 AM CDT
OK... the body of the story is repeated, just the headline...
by jimmy rabbitte
wha happened????
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Glitch in the system - sometimes it has a life of its own. Deleted dupe post, although any Talkbacks in that article may've been unintentionally sacrificed.
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this TB. It's because I love "the Runing Man". Arnold poring over sanscrit and ancient crumbling cities get's my blood flowing.
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Boy, these guys are really... CRANKing them out, aren't they? Wokka wokka wokka! PS: Damn you Merrick for erasing the other story, where I'd finally gotten a first!
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That's one embarassing accent. This looks like it could be pretty badass, but I'm sure it will be incredibly boilerplate schlock and be awful. Too bad. I do feel bad for Michael C Hall though. That accent...yuck. Could you try harder?
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I will see it, but I hate the title.
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Doesn't that sorta presuppose that the player/controller isn't some sort of homicidal kid who loves to see bloodspilled? Why would he care whether or not his player/slave gets to go free? I'd like to see the plot's explanation for why the player wouldn't just say "I'd rather see you hold a live grenade instead of get set free- just because I can," instead of setting the slave free. I mean, there are a lot of insane gamers out there. This whole plot seems to hinge on the fact that Gerard Butler and his friends are NOT great warriors- the kinds controlling them are. So where's the tension come from if they're not like Arnie in Running Man, quick thinking with strategy and what not?
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Which could certainly be cool. Butler sells it pretty well.
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The action in Crank was well directed and kinda exciting, Butler is a likeable fellow, so this could be a fun time on DVD. The premise is pretty retarded though, as is the title...
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You know, the crazy-looking bald mutant from the original "Hills Have Eyes", one of the mutant bikers in "Weird Science"? He's not listed on IMDB as being in this, but I swear it was him (I hope so). He was in one of the best X-Files episodes; it really showcased his humanity and acting ability instead of just his looks. And Alison Lohman is in this too? Interesting.
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May 11, 2009 10:41:09 AM CDT
300 meets dexter while playing the running man as death race dri
by palewook
with the matrix booming out the sound system.
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I already like it
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May 11, 2009 10:44:07 AM CDT
Do actors ever stop after reading a script?
by glory_fades_immaxfischer
and say "isn't this just the fucking running man?"..
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Hopefully it will be bloody as hell. That's a complete looking trailer for a teaser for a fall film. That looks like a good time at the movies to me. That's all that matters.
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I saw a test screening a little over a month ago and I could not believe what I was watching, it IS that bad... A total waste of very talented actors. Gerard Butler and Michael C. Hall are good, as they always are, Especially Hall, but that's it. It is, without a doubt, one of the worst movies I have EVER seen and I feel bad for the A-list talent that has to be attached to this until September 10th when everyone finally forgets about this pile of shit.
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this movie just looks like fun.
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funny name
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No need for a brain, just balls out xplosion and gun violence, YEAY!!!
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You can tell just by watching the trailer that the movie stinks.
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In a good way
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I just wish they could bring back Richard Dawson through some black magic or something...
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This is fucking stupid.
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Didn't recognize him. Is he still going to play Snake in the EFNY re-make? Please God no...
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Not a bad flick, btw...
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This looks stupid and fun.
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is still just a pile of shit.
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Except you're playing with real humans. Interesting concept, but could be executed better.
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looks like a lotta fun.
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*cough cough* Death Race. *cough cough*
I can't see it being as fun as that though. Dumb Saturday entertainment ahoy. -
But points deducted for John Leguizamo.
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The dance routine feels very Southland Tales. The movie looks like it could be fun, but I'm not expecting much from these guys. We can all stop pretending that Crank was actually good.
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not gonna get my hopes up tho
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Thats why this one knows bounds. Get it?
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Sold.
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You're a hardened marine with a few battles under your belt and you're forced to take orders from some emo sixteen year old whose only combat experience extends to battling their cock to pictures of Holly Valance.Fuck!!!
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Oh and Death Race.
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Gotta admit that there are a number of ways they could go with this and draw me in.
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Along with other content in the future. In case this trailer is yanked, it should be right on the Dashboard...
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Worst movie I've ever seen. I hope that pretentious cuntwad of a director never sees another studio.
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Condemned, Running Man, Death Race and Free Jack wrap in a neat little package.
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wasn't even a game. All that was missing was a life bar in the bottom right hand corner of the screen. I expect this to be just as stupidly entertaining!
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Looks like fun, and I'm for anything original in the ever growing world of remakes!
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First "Game", then "Citizen Game", and now "Gamer".
Michael C. Hall! -
Running Man with the stakes raised and with decent production values.
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Will some little 'Achievement Unlocked' thing pop up on the theatre screen if I buy a certain amount of concessions???
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Are the criminals playing the NPC characters? If so this is a way cool idea for making the games "real" for the gamer. If the criminals are following the gamer's instructions (as you suggest) then the premise does indeed suck!
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Together at last.
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No Co-op, no multiplayer, no purchase!! I demand having my unnecessary input in this liner experience we call movies, and hopefully the cutscenes are like 10 secs so I can get on with the killing, maybe have a radio thing so I can listen to what's going on when I go to the bathroom halfway through the movie and flush the toilet a couple of times to make sure I can interact with everything and examine the water physics which will include me moving back and forth several times to authenticate my reflection in the mirror...
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If I had seen the trailer not knowing it was a Neveldine/Taylor movie, I would have thought hey, has potential. Michael C. Hall, Gerard Butler, could be good. But Jesus Christ Crank 1 was such a juvenile mess of crap I really have to wonder if it's even possible for this movie to be any good, unless they've got all that juvenile bs out of their systems and grown up a little.
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otherwise theres no story, right?
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THIS IS S.. you know the rest.
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May 11, 2009 1:35:39 PM CDT
Will we constantly hear "FAGGOT!" screamed every now and then?
by johnno
It's important that futuristic movies like these be grounded in the same sense of realism that thrives on Xbox LIVE! Especially if the 12 year old kids in the movie are paying for this kind of service in the year 20XX or whenever this takes place! Xbox LIVE is dirty cheap when you break the annual price down to cents per second of your life, and I see no reason to discontinue this model of business in the future!
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This looks better.
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Congradulations, you guys. You've managed to make the same awful movies again and again. Way to make Disaster Movie, you dumbshits. Also, to anyone who likes Crank and Crank: High Voltage, you also like Meet the Spartans. Fact.
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Now just plain zero.
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May 11, 2009 1:57:02 PM CDT
I liked it better when it had Maria Conchita Alonso in it
by i_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looking_for
And GAMER is a really shit title.
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Seriously. Crank 2 looks like it's going to top out at about 13 or 14 mil at the box office. Is that even breaking even?
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He didn't show up
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ender's game as well?
things go 'splody ok but meh...
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I like Michael C. Hall, Gerard Butler, and John Leguizamo (mostly), not so much Kyra Sedgwick. "The Closer" really isn't my cup of tea.
That said, I'm also not into gaming. At all. Used to be, until I was like 15, then decided I needed activities in life with even a tiny bit of real emotion involved. Thus, no gaming. I know it's fun for many people, including people I know, but it bores the CRAAAAP out of me. Thus I'm not really interested in this film. Looks good, but I don't want to turn my brain off at the ticket desk.
Maybe it'll surprise people. Maybe. -
And I also like to write, excercise, go to bars, etc. I'm tired of gaming being associated with immaturity. Especially when it can actually increase brain activity, hand-eye coordination, and problem solving skills.
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It's playing with other people that tends to make them suck. Interaction in most games make your average talkback look like high tea.
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A critique of the mindless and overly-immersive nature of modern video games disguised as a mindless action film. Long overdue!
Wait, it's just the mindless action without any intended subtext, and the mindless action there is isn't even all that excitingly-shot? Pass, then. -
if anyone cares
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I'm so not excited for this turd...
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Dexter better say that in this film.
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Why do I always find these posts *after* the studios pull down the video?
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He's a dreamboat.
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Any movie with Gerard Butler now has to come with a variation of the "This...is...Sparta!" joke!
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I liked Crank 1 and 2 and all of the awesome stupidity involved.
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no thanks
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vmaalEjkUM
remove any spacesWhat's weird is I was talking to someone last nite who said this was directed by Jon Mastow. -
I don't know if its a good idea to let a guy loose after committing that much bloodshed. He might be in the mood for revenge when he gets out and he's got tons of combat experience to put to use at the same time. Kind of like how inner-city kids used their military school experience in the drug trade. Seemed like a good idea at the time but....now they know how to aim those guns.
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May 11, 2009 4:25:48 PM CDT
You can see it over : http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/game
by clonewars
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though a few are still on youtube (search "gamer" trailer, with quotes)
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Dorkness rising was pretty slick.
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We're, what, six degrees away from originality at this point? Every single shot and idea in that trailer was lifted from something else not even a decade old. What's the point?
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This was reviewed a few months back on here after an early screening and it was apparently complete shite.
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If you haven't figured out that CRANK is meant to NOT be taken seriously, you're a twat. Fact. Not every movie is supposed to be fucking Shakespeare.
Yes, this looks VERY similar to DEATH RACE. Yes, it's THE RUNNING MAN all the way. Yes, it's fucking derivative. But then so was every other movie that starred Stallone, Schwarzenegger or Willis back in the 80s and 90s, and you know what? You watched those movies and you fucking enjoyed them.
They're MOVIES. They're MEANT to be mindless sometimes. Just shut the fuck up and enjoy your brainless action movie. You can go back to wanking over SYNECDOCHE or whatever fucking arthouse bollocks is big this week later. This movie is for those of us who actually fucking LIKED shit like THE RUNNING MAN, DEATH RACE 2000 and FREEJACK. Haters, go fuck yourselves. -
That scene in lost where he shoots an Other then says "That's for taking the boy off the raft" - PURE FUCKING SNAKE. Josh Holloway IS Snake Plissken, and if he ain't it - it will suck.
The Spud has spoken. All hail the Bale. -
No, I won't apologise. Fuck all y'all haters.
Mick Jagger was actually okay in that movie. Yeah, I said it. -
i liked it, too. probably be remade soon
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would make a good wolverine. If he grew some chops, bulked up, put on a wife beater and chomped on a cigar he could berserker attack your your asshole out.
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a retard who can't spell congratulations. seriously why do I see Americans spelling this word with a d...the mind fucking boggles
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au contraire, potatoboy. There is only one snake. Kurt Russel. Fact
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http://tinyurl.com/oszlyk
It may not be original, but it looks like a good version of that idea. As my name might suggest, I like Temmink: The Ultimate Fight as well.
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