Here's a film clearly aimed at the computer game junky - and that pretty well defines
the full extent of its target audience. It's hard to imagine that anyone else would
bother to sit through what seems to be an utterly chaotic juvenile romp. It's brash,
it's loud and it's horribly insipid - a brave, possibly insane, attempt to bring together
the worlds of cinema and video game. Whilst the film does have some artistic strengths
(the visual style, whilst jarring, certainly does break new ground), the weak script and
some characterless acting performances just about make it unwatchable for anyone with
no real interest in the film's subject.
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Film Synopsis
Tony, 22, is obsessed with video games. When he is not mixed up in
petty trafficking or housebreaking, he divides his time between the games
arcades and his Playstation. He hasn't the time to go chasing after
girls, although he has the hots for one girl in his neighbourhood, the seemingly
indomitable Nina. Tony's ambition is to create a video game that will
make him ridiculously wealthy. To raise the funds to get this mad project
off the ground, he attempts a robbery, but this goes disastrously wrong.
Caught by the police, he ends up with an eight month stretch in prison.
Tony's enforced confinement gives him time to gather his thoughts and come
up with a genuinely original idea for a video game. When he comes out
of prison, he is resolved to give up his old life and devote himself to his
dream, undeterred by the enormous challenges that lie ahead...
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