Rating: 8 out of 10, really well done sci fi action movie that also tries to send a message about the loss of privacy through today's electronic medium. Butler plays a wrongly accused murderer who plays a part in a real world combat game where he is controlled by a player, a teenager in this case. This movie was made by the same guys as the Crank movies and it has that same kind of cool edge to it. Butler is more than adequate for the action scenes which are extremely well choreographed. The best scenes are inside the civilian game where people with enough money can pay to have some other people act out their fantasies with the predictable results. Hall plays a superb villain, a Zuckerburg type billionaire with aims on controlling everyone playing his games through nano-technology. The movie walks a fine line with poking fun at cyber addicts while still staying on point with the action.
MVP: Butler is a bona fide action star again as Kable
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