Fun movie for gamers

Rating: 7/10 (7 April 2018)

Visually very attractive, with a good rythm and a well-balanced humor: classic and efficient recipe for a successful entertainment movie! Add to that a crazy load of references to videogames and SF culture, and you end with a big smile on your lips and a lighter mind.
However, this movie also follows the - too - classic rules of easy-going blockbusters: poor dialogues, clichÃ©s characters, shallow scenario. And a small abuse of the modern absurd humor which has been made so popular by The Guardians of the Galaxy. This doesn't prevent the fun of the concept, but is a strong limitation to the movie.
The idea of a world where everyone escapes to a virtual reality is quite interesting, after all why choose to live a harsh depressing real life when you can live in an intense epic virtual reality? Still, this pitch could surely have been exploited to a higher degree if the movie had any serious pretentions other than that of being fun and entertaining.
Overall a very pleasing and refreshing movie, which is better watched with a brain turned off!