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Hooked on the Game

Hooked on the Game

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 26, 2009

Runtime

1h 37m

Genres

Action, Science Fiction

User Score

58%

Original Title

На игре

Production Companies

IVAN Production Center

Director

Pavel Sanaev

Budget

$3,500,000

Revenue

$3,704,408

Description

After a stunning victory at a cyber sport tournament, the winning gamers are awarded CDs with a brand new game. After playing this game, each of them is affected with some force, turning their gaming abilities into real ones. They each become the best fighters, shooters and racers in real life. However, this does not go unnoticed. Through blackmail, cheating and bribes, authorities offer the gamers a "job". But as soon as the lies are revealed it becomes clear that they are not heroes saving their country but nothing more than paid assassins. Moreover, the producer of the game is keeping many more of the same CDs, so many more "heroes" like themselves could also be produced. Now the gamers have to find the CDs and either destroy them or create an army of gamers and rule over all. The team becomes divided into two, each pitted against the other