When we first got the tip on this, I thought it was going to be another horrible piece of filth just like all of the other
gaming movies to have come out. I was right. But even though I was right, I still want to actually watch the movie!
Game Box 1.0 came out in 2004 and unlike a majority of gaming movies Hollywood
shoves down our throats, this one has an original plot related to gaming in general. Now that I think about it, this is basically a kids version of
The Lawnmower Man:
"Charlie Nash is an expert video game tester whose life has become unbearable after the tragic shooting of his girlfriend Kate. Finding no comfort in his friends or in his job, Charlie loses himself in video games. After receiving a mysterious test game in the mail, he immerses himself in it's amazingly realistic, 3D fantasy universe. However, Charlie soon learns this virtual world is totally real as he's plunged into a perilous, life-and-death battle against the game from which there is little chance of escape—or survival—in this pulse-pounding, effects-packed, sci-fi thriller."
It has it all folks! Cheesy acting, horrible graphics, an ear splitting sound track, and
Topenga too!
From the looks of it, the movie is going to be
re-released in April. From the listed price however, this isn't going to sell so well. It's a shame really. I truly did want to subject myself to this and right up a review for Dtoid. I love Dtoid that much.
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8:27 PM on 02.02.2007
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I really hope who ever green lighted this gets shot.
Right after Vampire Assassin, that is. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472278/)
The crew obviously doesn´t play videogames. They think old arcade graphics are the latest
or maybe it's the video quality... naaah
And edit in a cameo by Destructoid.
Or atleast, shot by a bunch of twelve year olds.
Game Box 1.0 is the Return of the King of video game movies, IMO.
...but I'd still watch it.
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