When a bank employee and online video game Free City non-player character decides to become the hero of his own story… This is the starting point of the plot of “Free Guy”, the new comedy film by Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum, Date Night, The Internship…).
For this original comedy, the Canadian directors has bet on one of the most coveted actors of the moment: Ryan Reynolds (X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Deadpool, Pokemon Detective Pikachu, Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw…). By his sides, we also have Jodie Comer (Killing Eve), Lil Rey Howery (Get Out, Good Boys), Taika Waititi (Avengers: Endgame, Jojo Rabbit) and even Joe Keery (Stranger Things, Molly’s Game…).
Plot:
A bank employee once discovers he is a non-player character of an online video game and decides to become the hero of his own story, at the risk of rewriting it. Now evolving in a world he doesn’t know the limits, he’ll do everything to save it his own way before it’s too late…
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Explosions, adrenaline, funny lines and situations: Free Guy is the perfect movie to see with family and friends this summer. Gamers will enjoy this new universe, very representative of the very popular online games, with many easter eggs to spot all along the movie. Those who never touched a gamepad can be rest assured: the story and the stakes of the movie are understandable, even though you are no skilled player.
But Free Guy also gives food for thoughts: are our lives already planned out? What freedom do we have? Can one take their destiny in hand and create, for oneself and others a better future? With these themes, Free Guy reminds us of the excellent Truman Show without being a copy. At the end, it is a merry and funny story, and you leave the room wanting to explore the world and dare to all kinds of things one's daily life prevents us from doing.
To discover Free Guy in theaters, meet on August 11, 2021.
