Gamebox 1.0

Gamebox 1.0 is a sci-fi action/thriller set in the virtual game world of video games, complete with high pitched music, fake sets and graphics.

Our hero is a 20 something guy,  a game tester depressed since his girlfriend was killed by a crooked cop. Along comes a mysterious package containing a new game…

He lives his nine lives and meets characters who look like the crooked cop, his dead girlfriend and his best friend on his virtual travels as the game climbs into his brain.

Soon the game is intruding on his ‘real-life’, even when he’s sleeping- he plays! His past makes him a perfect pawn for a game that won’t let you quit till you’ve either won or dead.

Its a plot rip-off of ‘Existenz’ with a slightly predictable ending and low-budget feel, but this didn’t stop it from being enjoyable.

It happily chewed through a few hours.

3.5/5

-Kaplan