Real Playing Game (2013)

Excellent but underrated film

Absolutely Fantastic

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

The movie started promising that it would be something different. I was fed up with the Hollywood versions of the story (hunger games) and was interested in watching how a low budget production would show something interesting through acting.Unfortunately, the acting was rather bad, the scenario was a copy of what we have seen. The actors simply couldn't do something more. They acted the way they could. As if the above wasn't enough, the ending is a little bit blurred.My proposal: it's better to see hunger games, which are more complete movies.

I was willing to get past the thought that it's one more "Survivor"/"Hunger Games" concept ripoff and was curious to see if they managed to do something different. The beginning was promising but then it quickly descended into cardboard cutout characters and not much action either.I understand that this was a low budget production so they couldn't have much in terms of the SFX and action scenes but they could have made a great ensemble piece if they spent a lot more times thinking while writing, coming up with character developments and then treating it almost like a theatrical play with a lot of rehearsals. That's how a low budget production can compensate for the lack of expensive effects and fight choreographies - by taking the time to write much better script and rehearse actors to perfection.Instead they pinched bits and pieces from different aspects available to this kind of movie and ended up with nothing. Even "romance & sex" scenes were unconvincing.

Joined to just review this. After seeing poor reviews I had to say that this is worth watching. Nice to see something different, you have to watch it all. The actors English accents I thought were a treat and would enjoy seeing more of these stars.The story might need more padding out for some, but I found there was enough to get you to think about the plot.It did feel more like a short story than a full film but I liked how easy it was to watch. Rather than rubbishing the film those involved deserve praise for taking a risk on something different in my mind.Maybe with a bigger budget it could be more whiz bang with the characters and plot more fleshed out. But then it would not be what it is.

This attempt by Tino Navarro and David Rebordão to make a Portuguese sci-fi movie didn't go well. The acting is bad. I've seen worse but in general it is bad. Some actors did well but not enough to save the movie.The plot is simple. 10 old people pay to have their minds transfered to a new body to play a 10 hour game in which they fight for the chance to be young as long as they can. At each hour one of them has to die. This could be a good movie, but it missed the "good" part. I didn't care for the characters! At all! I hate movies where I don't feel anything. I felt nothing in this movie. The camera was always shaking! You get used to it but it's annoying. And the whole movie was too predictable. The end wasn't, but I didn't like it anyway. And the movie had some flaws. But I'm not gonna point them. Don't wanna spoil anything (not that there's anything to spoil but yeah)My opinion: Bad movie. Don't waste your money. Watch it at home if you're curious but don't expect much.2/10. Not 1/10 because I liked the movie idea but unfortunately I hated everything else.