Friday, July 13, 2018

Game over, man! (2018)

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Year of first release: 2018
Director: Kyle Newacheck
Actors: Adam Devine, Anders Holmes, Blake Anderson, Jamie Demetriou
Country: USA
Genre: Action, Comedy
Conditions of visioning: 02.04.2018, Chilean Netflix, English version
Synopsis: Alex (Devine), Darren (Holmes) and Joel (Anderson) are three friends who try to meet a rich guy entering in their hotel in order to make him finance their video game project. It sounds to work well until a group of terrorists led by Mr. Ahmad (Demetriou) make them all hostages.
Review: The plot sounds a bit geek but is not really. It is more a kind of bringing ideas that come up by playing a video in real life. And this can therefore become very creative, unexpected and funny. This is what I liked in that movie. It is then so full of unexpected scenes, unexpected actions and twists all along the movie. I like it. Few scenes remind me Die hard and that makes it also funny.
The acting is rather convincing. Three ingenious video games players and developers living in their world and facing an unknown reality. It is exactly what they look like. 
Actually the poster gives already too much hints and reduces the surprise effect on which the plot is working so good. With a kind of cause, the movie could have become much better. It is already a good and surprising entertainment.
Rating: 6 /10

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