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I don't want to review this movie anymore... Please... have pity... I thought about it during the weekend and it's even worse than I thought...
I don't want to review this movie anymore... Please... have pity... I thought about it during the weekend and it's even worse than I thought...
...On
the other hand, I did find more reasons why this movie is awful, and
since the key to my happiness is to be done with this film as soon as
possible, I'd better hurry and finish this review... The faster it's
done the better I'll feel. Or else... Oh, my God...
Ack! Hackman: Scary scary scary human being! |
So,
where we we last time... Oh yeah, Tillman/Kable, Society, Hackman,
Humanz, Simon, nanites, Castle, Slayers... This plot continues as
Tillman, better known by the screen name Kable and played by Simon
Silverton in Slayers, is in his twenty-ninth match. Simon has
downloaded a mode by the Humanz group of hackers that lets him speak
to Kable while playing. I just realized the large number of names in
this paragraph... Anyway, Tillman finds that Simon has few back
thoughts about the killing of the other prisoners considering they
were all on death row anyway. Kable attempts to go beyond the war
zone's limits, which is forbidden by the game.... and moments later
encounters Hackman, who's every word as amazingly dangerous,
psychotic and sadistic as this description lets out. Simon realizes
he and Kable are screwed, since Hackman isn't controlled by anyone. Tillman
understands that someone, somewhere, sent that guy to kill him. I
don't want to spoil here, but it's obviously Ken Castle, the maker of
Society and Slayers, and- Damn, I'm still going on with the dozens of
names. I'll just say that Kable eventually makes it out safely and
wins his twenty-ninth match.
Meanwhile,
Tillman's wife Angie Roth is trying to reclaim her daughter, who has
been adopted by a rich family after Tillman was sent to prison for
first-degree murder. The agent is clearly looking down on her,
because of her monetary problems and her job in Society, ha! Clearly
she does not have the skills to raise a child! Oh no, she doesn't
have the skills, but abusive rich parents have all the skills!
Understand me here, just in case my sarcasm wasn't obvious enough,
skills = money. Among the loads of awful people in this, I want to
kill that agent now, above everyone else. He represents everything that is wrong with the
mentality in this film! ...But Angie seems like the most decent human
being in this movie so far... is that it? Is she my last ray of hope
for this film? I hope we'll find out soon.
Ludacris in this film loves to appear as a giant face by showing up in wide angle lens on huge screens. It's Simon in front of him. That gives you an idea. |
Then,
we get to Simon in his room. He's buying upgrades for Kable in
Slayers when his computer gets hacked by the Humanz. Their leader,
played by Ludacris, asks Simon what he thought of the “walkietalkie”
program that let him speak to Kable. I should say that for a moment
in this scene, we see Ludacris in wide angle lens, and while he's not as much a scenery-chewer as Castle, he sure sees to like being in the scenery. Anyway, the Humanz leader says
that Kable knows things that Castle doesn't want out, and therefore
the billionaire is trying to get Kable killed before he wins his
thirtieth game. Ludacris also rises in my esteem after pointing out
that Simon is nothing without Kable, and therefore is just an awful
rich white bratty kid. Thanks, leader of the Humanz! And Simon still
thinks it's a game. The kid's 17, he should have guessed a long time
ago that there's more to Slayers than meets the eye. Still, the
hacker convinces Simon to release his control over Kable in critical
moments of the game so that Kable can finally be able to do
everything he wants; only this will guarantee freedom for Kable.
A last drink? Don't be silly, it's the Halfway Point drink! In other circumstances, I, too, would also have needed a freaking drink to get through this bad film. |
Oh,
also, Tillman is visited by the girl from before, whose dialog states
she's with the Humanz. She also says that whatever happens in the
thirtieth game, Castle will have Kable killed, so Tillman has to
escape from the game zone. Next, Tillman is getting prepared for the
final game; he's got a bottle of alcohol, which he promptly drinks,
even in front of the security cameras. Hey, if he's not gonna take
the game seriously and get drunk, more power to him. But as a result,
he's a lot less useful on the battle zone, when he regains control of
his own actions. Still, Tillman makes his way to an
underground parking lot, where he finds a working car... which... I
don't want to write this... Please, please don't make me write
that... Ack! No! Please! I'll do anything except write that! Gulp
down a shooter! Shave your back for a nickle! Befriend an orca!
Anything except writing that!
What the HELL are these trucks? Yeah yeah, they're made to prevent slayers frome escaping, but seriously, they look so stupid! |
I
have no choice. Urgh... he... he fills the car's gas tank with his
own puke... and... urine... Oh God, I can't believe I wrote that... I
had to write that on my blog, of all places... ...Anyway, somehow the
car works again thanks to the alcohol, providing him with enough fuel
to leave the parking... not in time, though, as he gets ambushed by
soldiers and Hackman. Oh God, not him again! But Kable still
manages to leave and drive away from the battlefield, despite the
large trucks trying to block his way and send him back to the zone.
...Oh please, it's not like his... his... his alcohol “rejections”
could have given him enough fuel for that! Come on!
Still,
with his escape, Kable is officially listed as “fragged”, and he's now searched for everywhere by the authorities. However,
everyone thought Simon was controlling him (and for good reason; no
player had ever released control over their player in a Slayers game
before, so no one knows Simon could do that), and as a result the
young gamer loses all of his fame, is called a cheater, has had his
father's bank accounts frozen and is under police investigation.
Oh
no, we're not going back to Society, please... no! When will this
torture stop? We're back with Fatso McDisgusting, Angie's controller
in Society. I don't want to see that guy, it was getting good with Tillman! Please! Stop, movie, stop! Give me a goddamn break! Oh, it's
only for thirty seconds? Phew. See, I told you that this movie's
editing was awful. Too fast for its own good, with too many moments
that switch tone entirely, and as a result you can barely follow
what's going on. And with so much going on, that's a problem.
"Back in the good old days, we were playing with remotes, there were less buttons, games were played on normal TVs, and OUR CHARACTERS WERE VIRTUAL!" Pictured: Brother (Ludacris) of the Humanz. |
We're
back with Tillman, disguised, hiding in the "poor" suburbs. He meets
the girl who spoke to him in prison. She's... a pretty punk. He embarks on her motorbike and the two drive away... to the Humanz
group's headquarters. Urgh, the montage during the speeding bike
scene is making me sick... That, or it's what I had to write
earlier... Come on, Nic, you're more than halfway through, you can do
it. Stay calm, be cool, don't go crazy. Tillman and the girl reach
the Humanz headquarters, where the hackers are playing old arcade
games and air hockey. The leader is there with his sidekick; both are
known by their nicknames, Brother and Dude, respectively. Wished I
was making that up, but this silliness is really in the film. Some
actually needed plot exposition is given: They took his blood because it contains his code and they wouldn't have been able otherwise to hack into his system and
let him go free of control during games. They also tell him that more
and more people in need of money are volunteering for Society. Their
exposition ends with Brother finally revealing Ken Castle's final
plan: To have all the humans on the planet be infected by the
nanites, to become his slaves. Yeah... I was wondering why that crazy
billionaire kept his invention for entertainment; he was crazy enough
to go that step beyond... Last, Brother tells Tillman that they know
where his wife is.
This one picture isn't enough to show everything that is wrong in this scene. |
Oh,
God, every time we switch back to Society, it's always getting more
and more depraved. Please, I don't want to see that anymore...
Anyway, Angie is in a bar in Society, where she's approached by a guy
who invites her for some sex. Oh, please, no, not with their
ridiculous attires, this is going to be the most disturbing thing
I've ever seen! (Before you ask, no, I never watched Saw nor anything
that pushes the “disturbing” envelope beyond that.) Oh hey,
Tillman arrives just in time... to break the other Society character's spine and retrieve
his wife. (Wait a second; that guy was innocent! He was being controlled by someone else, so he was not the one doing something awfully wrong! he had the body, but the mind wasn't there! John Tillman killed an innocent! He... My God... He made an innocent victim...) Tillman tries to reason with Angie, or rather, with the disgusting
obese man, but ultimately it doesn't work. He brings his wife back to the
Humanz to turn her nanites off, but on the way they meet with
Hackman... again? Dammit! Tillman gets shot by the black man, who
leaves with Angie.
Also,
in the escalator, Hackman kills two other Society characters... and
Angie's controller, the absolutely horrible obese guy, told him
through Angie to do it. MAN! This is going way too far now! Okay, it
was gone way too far already, but now it's gone beyond acceptable!
This is... Do they really think all gamers are like that? That they
are fat, creepy people with no regards for human life? Ready to see
murders on the screen even if it's actual people, not video game
characters, getting killed? And getting aroused by it? I've been
trying to avoid that word so far, in this review, but.... Fuck you,
movie!
Hanged with hooks... by their skin... I think I'll... I think I'll be sick... *hurries out* |
Oh
no, IT KEEPS GOING! Tillman keeps walking through Society, where we
find out that, apparently, even WORSE is going on in other places.
I... I don't want to watch this movie anymore... Please, please stop
it... I don't... I don't like it... I really want to stop watching...
This movie will be the end of me... Please... Stop it... Help- help
me... Like the overall debauchery in the place wasn't enough
(seriously, people getting hanged to the ceiling by their skin?
Urgh... Help me!), Castle's soldiers enter the place in search of
Tillman, and since the extreme disco lights make it hard to aim
right, they shoot for Tillman but hit - and most likely kill - Society characters who, I must
remind you, ARE HUMANS IN NEED OF MONEY.
And
God, the lighting in that scene is making me sick! That, combined to
the editing... Please help me... Help me, save me from this
movie... Pleeeeeeaaaaaaaaaase...
So,
Tillman and Angie make it out alive, though Angie is still being
controlled. A van passes by the closed space of Society and picks
them up. The person in the van? A woman, the one who interviewed
Ken Castle in the first minutes of the film. That's... reassuring...
I guess?
"No, sir, I didn't help Kable. He was in control. Also, I'm not the one who stole the 100$ in my dad's wallet; I took a 50$. There's a difference." |
We're
then brought to another of the slow moments in the film (Those can be
counted on the fingers of your two hands). Simon is under police
arrest for allegedly helping Tillman escape from Slayers. He's
accused of helping a murderer from escaping prison – and death. The
police officer also shows him pictures of the aftermath of each
Slayers game: Blood and guts everywhere on the battlefield. Take
that, you little self-entitled brat who thought this was just a game!
Still, Simon asks the agent that he brings him a sandwich. ...Yeah,
sure, any policeman would fall into that trap easily.
Back
with the Humanz now – gosh, incessantly going back and forth makes
this movie an even bigger mess than I thought – where they take
some of Angie's blood, after which they'll be able to hack in her
nanites to set her free from her ugly player's control. Thanks God, I
hope we never see Fatso McDisgusting ever again. The Humanz are
basically deactivating the nanites' order reception, which sets the
person free from the control. You know, more and more I realize that
the Humanz are the real humans in this. The real good guys, the
bright light in a sea of darkness, a sea of jerks, monsters, violence and sex-craving people. Anyway, they work like that because
there is no way to remove the nanites, since they multiply and
replace key parts of the brain after a while. Maybe I'm going crazy,
but after everything we saw here, this pseudo-science starts making
sense in this little world...
Is this the moment where we get some much-needed answers? .......Yes. |
Brother
discusses with Tillman after this. We find out Tillman's story: He
was one of the testers for the nanites. During a testing session,
while they were being controlled by other people, Tillman picked up a
gun and shot the other test subject in the head. The victim was his
long-time friend Travis Scotch. The nanites were all being tested on
soldiers, as Castle originally wanted to sell that technological
advance to the military. Brother goes on to explain that afterward,
Castle still commercialized his nanites, thanks to Society.
Also,
Angie is finally released from the nanites' control. During that
time, Brother and Dude check Tillman's memories and the hackers
finally see the testing phase during which Tillman killed Scotch. It
also reveals that the people being controlled have no idea of what
they're doing while they're, well... being controlled. Also, Castle was controlling Tillman when the murder took place, that very same murder that sent
Tillman in prison for life. And... well, let's just say this patches
up one of the bigger questions I, and everyone else, had about
Tillman's crime, which until now only appeared in flashes.
I
need to take a break. For the sake of my own sanity. Please, come
back this Friday. I'll finish this review, I'll finish watching this
movie, I'll finally be freed from its horror... Until then, pray for
me, in hopes that it will help me. Help me. Help me. Help... me...
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