Free Guy (2021) · Tastebuds

Life's too short to be a background character.

A bank teller discovers he is actually a background player in an open-world video game, and decides to become the hero of his own story. Now, in a world where there are no limits, he is determined to be the guy who saves his world his way before it's too late.

Comedy Adventure Science Fiction hero artificial intelligence (a.i.)video game virtual reality gun code gamer bank robbery bank teller programmer mmorpg virtual game

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Contemporary, resolved, classical in form and effortless.

contemporarynostalgic
resolvedopen-ended
classical in formformally daring
effortlessdemanding
gravecomic

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Cast

Ryan ReynoldsGuy
Jodie ComerMillie Rusk / Molotovgirl
Lil Rel HoweryBuddy
Joe KeeryKeys
Utkarsh AmbudkarMouser
Taika WaititiAntwan
Channing TatumRevenjamin Buttons
Aaron W ReedDude
Britne OldfordBarista
Camille KostekBombshell

Crew

Shawn LevyDirector
Matt LiebermanScreenplay
Zak PennScreenplay
George RichmondDirector of Photography
Christophe BeckOriginal Music Composer
Dean ZimmermanEditor
Shawn LevyProducer
Ryan ReynoldsProducer
Greg BerlantiProducer

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Chris EvansThemselves
Alex TrebekThemselves

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