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Directed by: Neveldine/Taylor
Produced by: Tom Rosenberg
Gary Lucchesi
Richard Wright
Skip Williamson
Written by: Neveldine/Taylor
Starring: Gerard Butler
Michael C. Hall
Amber Valletta
Logan Lerman
Terry Crews
with Ludacris
and Kyra Sedgwick
Music by: Robb WilliamsonGeoff Zanelli
Cinematography: Ekkehart Pollack
Editing by: Fernando Villena
Studio: Lakeshore Entertainment
Distributed by: Lionsgate
Release date(s): September 4, 2009 (2009-09-04)
Running time: 95 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $12.5 million
Gross revenue: $39,383,813

Set in a future-world where humans can control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online gaming environments, a star player (Butler) from a game called "Slayers" looks to regain his independence while taking down the game's mastermind (Hall).Gamer is a 2009 science fiction thriller film written and directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor.
The film stars Gerard Butler as an unwilling participant in an online game in which participants can control human beings as players, and Logan Lerman as the player who controls him. Gamer was released in North America on September 4, 2009 and the United Kingdom on September 16, 2009.In a near-future New York, mind-control technology has taken the world by storm. Ken Castle (Michael C. Hall) has revolutionized the gaming industry with his invention of self-replicating nanites. The nanites colonize in the brain, gradually replacing the existing brain cells and allowing full control of all motor functions by a third party. The first major application of this technology allows gamers to control a real person in a pseudo community (much like current simulated worlds such as Second Life but with far more telepresence).n May 2007, Lakeshore Entertainment re-teamed with Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, the creators of Crank (2006), to produce a "high-concept futuristic thriller" called Game. Neveldine and Taylor wrote the script for Game and were slated to direct the film, while actor Gerard Butler was cast into the lead role.Production took place in Albuquerque, New Mexico for a 53-day shoot.Critical reception has been primarily negative. The New York Daily News, agrees; calling it a "Xerox of a Xerox" and citing a number of films it takes elements from, including The Matrix and Rollerball. RVA Magazine reasoned that Gamer's plot is overly similar to The Condemned and commented that Gamer "hates its primary audience.