Ready Player One is out NOW! Review round-up, trailer and cast for Steven Spielberg’s latest movie
STEVEN Spielberg is back to his best with this brand new sci-fi adventure Ready Player One.
The action-filled blockbuster is released today and here's what it's about...
When is Ready Player One released?
This brand new movie will be released in UK cinemas TODAY (March 28, 2018).
It has an age rating of 12A.
The film has a running time of two hours and 20 minutes.
What is Ready Player One about?
From filmmaker Steven Spielberg comes this new science fiction, action-adventure movie based on Ernest Cline’s bestseller of the same name.
In the year 2045, the real world is a harsh place.
The only time teen Gunter (egg-hunter), Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan), truly feels alive is when he escapes to the OASIS, an immersive virtual universe where most of humanity spends their days.
In the OASIS, you can go anywhere, do anything and be anyone - the only limits are your own imagination.
The OASIS was created by the brilliant and eccentric James Halliday (Mark Rylance).
He left his immense fortune and total control of the OASIS to the winner of a three-part contest he designed to find a worthy heir.
When Wade conquers the first challenge of the reality-bending treasure hunt, he and his friends - aka the High Five - are hurled into a fantastical universe of discovery and danger to save the OASIS.
Who is in the cast of Ready Player One?
- Tye Sheridan as Wade Watts/Parzival, a Gunter who wishes to win the Quest so he can leave the slums
- Olivia Cooke as Samantha "Sam" Cook/Art3mis, a famous Gunter who works with various allies to ensure the OASIS is kept free and out of the hands of IOI
- Ben Mendelsohn as Nolan Sorrento/Sorrento, the CEO of IOI
- T. J. Miller as i-R0k, a freelance weapons/magic item dealer and bounty hunter that is often employed by IOI
- Simon Pegg as Ogden Morrow/The Curator, a co-creator of the OASIS
- Mark Rylance as James Halliday/Anorak, the deceased co-creator of the OASIS who includes an Easter Egg hidden in the OASIS after his passing, that grants control over the it to the winner
- Lena Waithe as Aech, a male in OASIS who is a Gunter and longtime friend of Wade
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What have the reviews been like for Player One Ready?
Here are the early reviews by film critics:
Empire: "Spielberg has seemingly done the impossible: balancing sugar-rush nostalgia with an involving story to create a pure, uncynical, cinematic ride that recaptures the magic of his early films."
Total Film: "Spielberg gets his game face on with spectacular results."
Vanity Fair: "Ready Player One is in every way a spiritual ode to the boy’s adventure genre Steven Spielberg made so popular in the 80s."
Herald Sun: "Pop-culture references, 1980s nostalgia and an excellent performance from an Aussie as the film's villain."