Here is the trailer for the Ultimate Game…
The pitch : In the near future, the new technologies have changed the video game. The principle created for the game “The Sims” is applied to human beings who are manipulated by players online.
Billionaire Ken Castle has created the ultimate entertainment : “Slayers”, a video game in which death row inmates, guided remotely by online players, kill each other in fights to be broadcast on the screens around the world.
If they survive to 30 trials, they will regain their freedom.
Kable, controlled by Simon, a teenage fan of virtual realities is today the star of the game. But Kable does not belong : torn from his family, imprisoned and forced to fight against his will, this gladiator of modern times has to survive long enough to escape the game and regain his freedom…
Ultimate Game was directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (Hyper Tension, Hyper Tension 2) with Gerard Butler (The Abominable Truth, Watchmen – Tales Of the Ship Black), Michael C. Hall (series Dexter, Paycheck) and Zoe Bell (the series Lost, on the Boulevard Of Death).
The film will be released on September 9, 2009.