Free City is an online, open-world video game developed by Soonami Games. Its source code was stolen from an unreleased game called Life Itself, developed by Walter “Keys” McKey and Millie Rusk, and used by Soonami’s head developer Antwan to create Free City. Keys has since taken a job at Soonami, while Millie spends time within Free City as her avatar Molotov Girl to find evidence of code that she and Keys had written and to prove that they are the rightful owners of the code.
In the game, Guy, a non-player character (NPC), works as a bank teller and spends time with his best friend and co-worker, bank security guard Buddy, unaware that his world is a video game. One day, he encounters Molotov Girl, who is singing the song that he says his dream girl will like and begins to deviate from his programming. He takes a pair of sunglasses from a player who tries to rob his bank, through which he sees Free City from the player’s head-up display (HUD). Guy speaks to Millie, who initially thinks he is another player named “Blue Shirt Guy” and not an NPC. She tells him to level up to above 100 before she will speak to him again. Keys and his coworker Mouser believe Guy to be a hacker disguised as an NPC and unsuccessfully attempt to ban him from the game. Rather than leveling up through destructive acts, Guy opts to perform good deeds, completing missions within Free City to reach level 102. His virtuous progression, which stands out from those of other players, results in “Blue Shirt Guy” becoming a worldwide sensation.
TAGLINE: Life’s too short to be a background character.
Free Guy Full Movie Review:
‘Free Guy’ is the kind of movie that you either like or dislike. There is nothing in between ‘Free Guy’ could convince me.
Video game adaptations or movies that are about video games often have a hard time being convincing. This is often due to the fact that you can’t identify with the characters or that the world created in the movie is not compatible with the one in the underlying game.
‘Free Guy’ is not based on a concrete game, but it uses classic video game elements and realizes them really well. You can identify with the characters unexpectedly well and it’s fun to accompany them.The movie doesn’t even try to create a world that is as realistic as possible, but deliberately invokes a video game look. You know from the beginning what is going on here. The rules that prevail there are immediately understood and accepted.
Basically, you should not expect a masterpiece. The movie is fun and entertaining. The basic plot is nothing extraordinary and it is relatively quickly clear what the movie is working towards. However, the way the movie reaches its goal is really elegant and charmingly realized Not every gag ignites, but there are some laughs. ‘Free Guy’ also delivers some surprises, allusions and cameos. Taika Waititi as a counterpart was unfortunately too over the top for me. A bit more seriousness would have done his role good.
Apart from a few weaknesses, ‘Free Guy’ can really convince. You have to be in the mood and want to get involved with the basic topic.
