Life Requires Players

Rating: Null/10 (30 March 2018)

Entertaining 2 hours and 18 minutes worth of what it is like to fantasize to the extreme and do it quite well. The cyber world is depicted very well as is the real world in this movie that dazzles and manages to hold your attention from start to finish. Its like the Matrix only modern and the game world is a place where anything goes and it does. What holds everyone in it from going all out is you lose points, perks and bonus items if you boo-boo so it pays to keep it cool unless you go all out making one have to start from the beginning. Anyone who has played a fantasy role game especially when they came out and either didn't save their game or make it to a save point and has to start all over can readily identify what it is like when watching this movie and seeing others get frustrated from this starting over dynamic. I was able to relate. In this movie, it makes one a more cautious player so they can last longer and perhaps discover more. However, there is always the temptation and if you are good enough or just plain lucky, you pedal down, go for it and you just may go on. If not you start over. Interesting how this movie portrays the use of drones correctly, how much time is spent playing virtual reality games and how boring real life can get or be compared to cyber-fun. It reminds me of all the people I see today who never go anywhere without a cellphone in their hands. They are either talking on it, playing on it, texting or watching a video but at all times they are interacting with it and not with their surroundings. Consequently you have car wrecks, people bumping into things and each other and quite a bit of real life going unnoticed. Seeing it in a movie and it being taken into an extreme made it fun to watch. This movie has something for everyone as old games, movies and other things are revisited and used for different reasons and fun. My attention was held from start to finish. Treat yourself and go see this new type of relevant entertainment that mirrors quite nicely what is going on today. Remember....