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gamer 2009


i got interested with the gamer because of gerard butler - very good acting on 300. but it didn't started there. it started with the spy next door of jackie chan where i saw amber valletta. and as an info geek that i am, i searched for other movies she starred. and gamer was her last movie before the comedy/spy flick.

review? it's bloody, sexy and cool! which means it's good. i would recommend it to be watched on the big screen. but hd/plasma at home will do.

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