Gamer (2009 film)

Gamer
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Neveldine/Taylor
Written by	Neveldine & Taylor
Produced by	Tom Rosenberg Gary Lucchesi Skip Williamson Richard Wright
Starring	Gerard Butler Michael C. Hall Amber Valletta Logan Lerman Terry Crews Chris Ludacris Bridges Kyra Sedgwick
Cinematography	Ekkehart Pollack
Edited by	Peter Amundson Fernando Villena
Music by	Robert Williamson Geoff Zanelli
Production companies	Lionsgate Lakeshore Entertainment
Distributed by	Lionsgate
Release date	September 4, 2009 (2009-09-04)
Running time	95 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$50 million[2]
Box office	$42 million[2]

Gamer is a 2009 American science fiction action film written and directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor.^[3] The film stars Gerard Butler as a participant in an online game in which participants can control human beings as players, and Logan Lerman as the player who controls him. Alongside Butler and Lerman, it also stars Michael C. Hall, Ludacris, Amber Valletta, Terry Crews, Alison Lohman, John Leguizamo, Sam Witwer and Zoë Bell.

Gamer was released in North America on September 4, 2009, receiving generally negative reviews from critics and was a box-office bomb, grossing $42 million worldwide against a production budget of $50 million.