Gamer - Dexter like you've never seen him before

Okay, I know that this is really a `Gerard Butler' film, but you can't talk about Gamer without mentioning TV's most charming serial killer, Dexter (played by Michael C Hall). Here, we see a side of him which wouldn't be seen dead in Miami Metro PD. He talks with a southern US accent, sings and dances while he brainwashes hordes of badguys to do his bidding - he really lets his `dark passenger' run wild!

But anyway, enough of the baddie. We're really here to watch Gerard Butler as a convict who's forced to allow himself to be controlled by a computer game playing kid in a violent game of death. And it is violent.

The shoot outs are pretty well done and there's plenty of action and sexual depravity to keep the (mainstream) masses amused.

Don't expect too much in the way of a story or character development, but were you really thinking there would be in a Gerard Butler film (bless him)?

It's style over substance. Which is a bad thing if you're looking for a deep and meaningful film. However, I was expecting rampant bloodshed and plenty of fighting and I got just that (plus Dexter behaving like he was on drugs). What more could I wish for? Well, apart from a coherent plot, but, hey, you can't have everything in life!

7/10 if I woke up on Groundhog Day and had to watch this again, I could live with that