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FPS: First Person Shooter (2014)
So bad it's great!
I was honestly expecting this to be terrible. The amount of absurdity only found in video games polished this into an absolute diamond! There are many references to other video games and B movies...Taking items and weapons in games often doesn't show an animation of a hand reaching out and neither does this. Yes, everyone knows people don't walk around with their arms out in front of them the way they do in games, dead bodies don't just blink out of existence with a sound effect, and arms/weapons in real life don't look like they are cartoonish against a grainy backdrop, but it works in this movie.
It's got everything from Doom Guy's absolute psychopathy, to horribly animated blood, to motion blur when looking around... the list goes on. The amount of detail one can only recreate from the love of video games shows in this work. At one point the "player controlling the character" even tried a console command (which we now refer to as God Mode)... ingenious!
At one point I forgot this was a movie and thought I was watching a friend play a game online.
This is not so much a movie, but rather a love letter to 90's style FPS games. It's not for everyone and haters will hate. If you enjoyed the Hardcore Henry, Resident Evil (PS1 version), and the old style DOOM, you will find some enjoyment out of this.
I want to go on about it, but anything else said will be a spoiler.
Turn your brain off and just enjoy the ride :)