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How realistic is Free Guy?

The man Ryan Reynolds plays in the new comedy Free Guy isn't real. That's true of all fictional characters, of course—but even within the imaginary premise of director Shawn Levy's film, Reynolds is not really a person. Not existing is the whole point of the story.

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Every day, Guy wakes up, checks the headlines, picks out similar clothes, gets the same coffee, and dispassionately checks in to work. His routine is so familiar and so relatable, especially in the numbing age of endless lockdown, that we—real, actual people—might find ourselves wondering: Wait…am I a background character too?

“Yeah, are we in a simulation?” Reynolds asked in a joint interview with Levy. It’s an idea he returned to later: “I know I’ve read those articles too!” He flared his fingers around his head and made an explosion sound: Mind = blown. This question has long vexed sci-fi writers, and has increasingly been addressed in serious ways by scientists, filmmakers, and philosophers.

Now, it’s a popcorn movie’s turn to tackle the subject.

While Neil deGrasse Tyson and Elon Musk spin their wheels on whether Simulation Theory could actually be real, Levy and Reynolds use the premise of Free Guy to highlight something undeniable: We do repeat endless patterns. We are averse to challenge and risk. We often become hopelessly trapped in ruts. But unlike digital avatars, there are no do-overs for us. Free Guy is the video game movie that warns us we have no extra life. Levy wasn’t sure he even wanted to do this movie at first. Reynolds, who is also a producer of Free Guy, sent him the spec script by Matt Lieberman (which later received a rewrite by Zak Penn,) knowing that Levy had a reputation for bringing heart to big-budget visual-effects bonanzas like the Night at the Museum films, Real Steel, and Stranger Things. Still, Levy wasn’t feeling it. “It was a huge idea, the idea of a background character in a video game gaining consciousness, but I read it cursorily and thought, well, I’m not a hardcore gamer. This one’s not for me,” Levy said. That was the universe pushing back on the possibility. But Levy liked Reynolds and wanted to work with him on something, so he agreed to meet and discuss. “We sat down and Ryan said, I know this is a big hooky concept, but let’s focus our energies on a parable,” Levy said. “Let’s use this video game, high-concept idea to do a movie about identity, about personal agency, about the possibility of impact on the world in which we find ourselves.” Gradually, he found himself won over.

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Sometimes when you get knocked down your character swears. In the second single player mission there is some frequent swearing so if you don't want your kids to hear that then keep them away from that mission. No dismemberment is present in the game. I would recommend this game to any child over 13 but no younger.

Battlefield V, one of the best shooters I have ever played did not happen to fail even the slightest. The action packed shooter leaves explosions going off everywhere you go and always a gunfight to enjoy, but I should be telling you my thoughts on its age rating. So first up this does not at all exceed an M+17 age rating! It is still, I would say recommended for very mature teens as when shot at, soldiers cry in pain bleeding out very realistically on the ground, blood covering the palm of their hands. Yet it seems really the only blood is them moments when you are bleeding out on the floor which can be quickly skipped. Gunfire is quick and blood is almost unnoticeable. Often when on the floor soldiers will shout out swears in whatever country they come from, whether that is in German, British, American whatever language. Most of the swears are quite little and nothing much but rarely the British will shout “f-cking help me!”. The game modes are very tactical and often require a lot of experience which can put the player off the game but it isn’t worth leaving such a good game! The sex is very slight, just some along the side in story missions but they are very little and hardly noticeable jokes. Young audiences can be exposed to online multiplayer game chat, being able to hear random people online which can be an issue but you can easily switch that off in settings no sweat. The Story and Multiplayer game modes show a lot of great messages proving well that you can win anything if you work as a team and I think this game deserves a 12+ rating!

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