Gamer

Gamer (2009) is a sci-fi action film you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor — the duo behind Crank — and it carries the same feverish energy.

In a near-future society, nanite implants let paying customers control real human beings like video game avatars. Death-row inmates fight in Slayers, a live-action shooter broadcast to a global audience. Gerard Butler plays Kable, the undefeated champion navigated each round by a teenage gamer named Simon. Michael C. Hall plays Ken Castle, the tech billionaire who invented the whole system and profits from every kill. Kable's only way out is through Castle — and Castle is not easy to reach.

Neveldine and Taylor made loud, aggressive films and this one is no exception. It's less interested in its own ideas than in delivering noise and momentum. For that, it works. Stream Gamer (2009) online on iFILM.