When a group of elite online gamers each receive a mysterious invitation to trial a state-of-the-art virtual reality video game, it’s a dream come true and impossible to resist. Arriving at the test site, the group step into hi-tech gear and prepare for a revolutionary, next-level gaming experience that brings modern warfare to life with frightening realism. At first it’s a unique and exhilarating experience. But what starts out like a dream encounter with cutting edge technology quickly takes a turn for the sinister. Once the group are attacked by enemy combatants, they soon realize this is no game after all. Make a mistake here and you pay with your life. Now these masters of the shoot ‘em up will have to fight for survival within a game gone bad, but this time it’s for real.
Practical Effects
VR suit designs that look expensive until characters move in them
Acting
Morfydd Clark's pre-Love & Mercy intensity, wasted on this script
Director
Charles Barker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Morfydd Clark shot this right before her breakout in Love & Mercy, making this her secret shame years before Saint Maud sanctified her.
Released in 2016 when VR hype peaked (Oculus Rift launch, Ready Player One announced), this film accidentally predicted how gamified military recruitment would actually evolve.
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