Ready Player One
Overview
In a dystopian future, people spend most of their time in a virtual-reality world called the OASIS. After its creator (Mark Rylance) dies, he reveals he will leave his fortune to whomever can find a hidden Easter egg. Poor teen Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) unlocks the first key to its location, making him a target for an evil corporation also seeking the prize. Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Letitia Wright, T.J. Miller, Simon Pegg, and Lena Waithe co-star. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Based on Ernest Cline's novel.
Awards:
Main Cast & Crew:
Steven Spielberg - Director
Tye Sheridan
Olivia Cooke
Ben Mendelsohn
Lena Waithe
T.J. Miller
Simon Pegg
Mark Rylance
Philip Zhao
Win Morisaki
Hannah John-Kamen
Details
- Format: Blu-ray (With DVD, Standard Edition, Dubbed, AC-3, Dolby)
- Run Time: 139
- UPC: 883929621422
- Genre: HORROR / SCI-FI / FANTASY
- Rating: PG-13 (MPAA)
- Release Date: July 2018
Movie Reviews
Reviews:
"READY PLAYER ONE is at once familiar in its fabric and forward-thinking in its technology, with a combination of gritty live action and glossy CGI. It’s an ambitious mix that can be thrilling..." - 03/30/2018 RogerEbert.com
"[G]rand popcorn entertainment, made with skill and wit and even sincerity....It's been orchestrated, with that characteristic glow of boyish wonder and wizardly talent, by Hollywood’s one-man dream factory, Steven Spielberg..." -- Grade: B - 03/26/2018 A.V. Club
3 stars out of 4 -- "A mindbending joyride that jacks you into a fantasia bursting with CGI wonders, dazzling cyperscapes mixed with live action, hidden Easter eggs and infinite pop-culture shoutouts to the 1980s." - 03/27/2018 Rolling Stone
"While on the surface, this futuristic film is a celebration of gamers, gaming and the pleasures to be found in immersive virtual reality, underlying it all is a heartfelt brief for abandoning all screens and enjoying the satisfactions of the real world." - 03/28/2018 Los Angeles Times
"You need to see this one on the biggest screen possible, and let it wash over you as if you had stepped inside the most incredible video game experience ever created..." - 03/26/2018 Chicago Sun-Times
"A rollicking adventure through worlds both bleak and fantastic..." - 03/12/2018 Hollywood Reporter
"[T]here is plenty of vicarious fantasy combat, notably a war of the worlds that features the Iron Giant as well as the red-eyed, gleaming silver Mechagodzilla." - 03/11/2018 Variety
4 stars out of 5 -- "[W]ith an exuberance and wonder that recall Spielberg’s early blockbusters..." - 03/19/2018 Total Film
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