A quick guide to the movie's gaming background: In this movie we see a small group of programers tweaking an online game where people create their avatars (called their skin) to play against other people's avatars. Also, in this shootout fest are NPCs (non-playable characters) that seem real to us, but they're just programmed to be robotic background characters. Our main character is a NPC bank teller (called blue shirt guy; BSG) who through special glasses gains access to the non-real world he lives in, but in doing so his code now becomes self aware (i.e. AI or artificial intelligence) & begins to alter the game's code. The avatars gain points (money) by killing or picking up items. After so much money you "level up" - you're more powerful or gain access to other areas to explore.

An aside: Jodie Comer shows her versatility in a role quite distant from her "Killing Eve" disturbing character.

Also, ball park 500 people were in visual effects & digital artistry for the film's CGI.

I love this movie about a GTA world in which an NPC develops consciousness. It combines wild humor and crazy stunts and stars Ryan Reynolds and Julie Comer are terrific.

The only real issue I have with this movie is the weakness of "real world" parts. The humans seem less fleshed out than the NPCs and Taika Waititi's was a lazy, shallow caricature. Maybe that was the point - the computer characters are realler than the real people - but if so it's the sort of point people make when they're really stoned.

Still, the movie is 90% in the game and that's all wonderful. If not for a few weaknesses here and there I would have given this a 9 even though it's essentially just a very silly action comedy (although a very clever one).

You should definitely watch this.

This movie is far away to be called flop. It's very decent and I can proudly say one of the best movie of 2021 so far. I liked the idea, something about The Sims, Elon Musk theory and everything else blended together and boom, we have great content. Good to see new actors and professionals working together. Tbh, I was thinking give it 7 or 8 but ending wasn't as strong as whole movie so I decided to stick with 7. It's in my top 10 of this year. Strongly recommended.