Molotov Girl (Killing Eve’s Jodie Comer).Īfter acquiring a special pair of sunglasses, Guy discovers the truth about the virtual world around him, thrusting him into the foreground of a The Matrix meets The Truman Show type action romcom bonanza. Everything for Guy revolves around his daily routine and blind optimism until he spots and becomes enamored with a real player who goes by the gamer handle Guy is comfortable with, if not oblivious to, his monotonous life in the game. He wears the same clothes every day, orders the same coffee from the same barista in the same coffee shop and goes to work with his best pal Buddy (Lil Rel Howery) at the same bank that gets robbed multiple times a day by characters controlled by actual players. He is a background character in an elaborate, hyperviolent, open-world Fortnite meets Grand Theft Auto type video game called “Free City.”
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The focus of Free Guy is on a non-playable character, or NPCĬalled Guy (Ryan Reynolds). For this project, he transitioned from the statues and relics of the Night at the Museum franchise to the 1’s and 0’s of the virtual world in Free Guy.
Wipe the slate clean because Free Guy may be the best movie about a video game ever made… despite not being based on an existing game.Ĭanadian director Shawn Levy has experience breathing life into the inanimate.
It was one of several movies delayed extensively by COVID-19, releasing around a year later than originally slated.Īdditionally, Hollywood does not have an impressive track record with movies set in video games, as they are rarely deemed good or even watchable, creating a credibility problem amongst fans from the jump. Upon arrival, Free Guy had a lot going against it.
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