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I think it... and you do it.
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~ Ken Castle to John "Kable" Tillman.
Kenneth "Ken" Castle is the main antagonist of the 2009 film Gamer.
Castle is a wealthy, expertly skilled computer programmer who has discovered the use of self-replicating nanites in the year 2024. These nanites mimic brain cells and can be used by a person to control another person's behavior and actions, much like a video game character - Castle has named this new technology Nanex. Castle had gained his monstrous fortune by creating two real-life video games: the first, called Society, is a game where the player controls a real person in a pseudo society and makes them perform various actions (anything from verbal interactions to making love with a total stranger). The people being controlled have consented to this and are paid very well for participating. The second game, called Slayers, is a real-life first-person shooter game where players control death row or life imprisoned inmates, and if the inmates survive thirty rounds, they are granted their freedom.
Although incredibly popular, Castle's technology also sparks a large amount of debate in terms of ethics, and an activist organization named Humanz claims that Castle will eventually use the Nanex technology to gain control of people's minds against their will. When Castle had been testing the effectiveness of Nanex, he personally controlled a man named John Tillman and forced him to fatally shoot his own friend. Tillman had been placed on death row as a result but volunteered to participate in Slayers in the hopes that he may earn his freedom (where he gained the nickname Kable). After surviving a record 27 rounds, Castle begins to feel threatened by Kable's pending release and subsequently sends another inmate, named Hackman, into the game to eliminate him. Unlike the other inmates, Hackman is not controlled by a player and is able to act freely, giving him a huge advantage over Kable.
With the help of the player controlling him, Kable is able to escape from the Slayers battleground and is contacted by Humanz, who inform him of Castle's subtle plans for world domination. Kable eventually confronts Castle and the evil mastermind reveals to him that he himself possesses nanites in his own brain as well - however, whereas everybody else's nanites are programmed to receive orders and instructions, Castle's are designed solely to give them. After killing Hackman in a brief fight (during which time Castle had been controlling Hackman), Kable attempts to kill Castle with a knife but is unable to due to Castle's control over his own nanites.
Castle then brings out Kable's family and attempts to force Kable to kill his own daughter, but unbeknownst to him, the Humanz organization broadcast this and show the world Castle's true nature. Kable's player Simon witnesses the broadcast and immediately takes back control of Kable, allowing him to overcome Castle's commands, much to the latter's horror. Kable and Castle struggle for control of the knife, until Kable tells Castle to imagine the knife penetrating his stomach - Castle subconsciously does so, making it come true and allowing Kable to fatally stab him much to the relief of the entire world as the population cheers for the death of their potential slaver and dictator.
Quotes[]
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you can get payed to be controlled, or you can pay to control
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~ Ken Castle in preparation of his interview
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We live in society, we visit society, I mean, which ones.. Which one’s more real really? I mean, which one is really real, do you know what I mean?
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~ Ken Castle before beginning his interview with Gina Parker.
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There’s a lot of men and women in prison that could never cut it as slayers, shouldn’t they have the same opportunity to roll the dice for a ticket out? Besides they only need to survive one session
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~ Ken Castle Justifying the approval of the Goverment to specialise death row inmates with his nanotech
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To some, maybe.. to some.. maybe.. to some. Don’t you suspect a good many folks wouldn’t mind an itty bitty of Control?.. Someone else making all the descitions for you, no responsibilities, no tough choices.. think about it.
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~ Ken Castle’s subtle remark about control and his ideals on foreshadowing his true nature
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You thinking small cable, but not as small as me, you see nanocells are really small, thousand times smaller than these dusts in particular, you inhale them they go to work, replicating spreading like a virus, multiplying in exponentials, six moths time I could have a hundred million people, converted: Ditchdiggers, pornstars and presidents, not one will be the wiser. A hundred million people buy what I want them buy, vote how I want them to vote, do pretty much damn well anything I’d ought them to do, for instance.
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~ Ken Castle’s monologue before sending Hackman to fight Kable
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To Transmit, where as every nanocell that I put out there including the once’s in your head is capable, designed to receive I think it and you do it
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~ Ken Castle to Kable
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Biggest baddest slayer in the game doesn’t seem that much does he?
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~ Ken Castle taunting Cable.
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No no no you crawl, on your belly like a toad, is this bad?, I’m really bad
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~ Ken Castle summoning Kable’s family unbeknownst from the broadcast of his true nature.
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I think it, you.. F—king.. do it!
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~ Ken Castle’s last words struggling to control Kable at Knifepoint.
Gallery[]
Images[]
Castle on television
Castle during an interview regarding his games, Society and Slayers
Castle watching a report regarding a service interruption caused by the activist group Humanz
Castle taking control of John "Kable" Tillman after he kills his henchman Hackman
An agitated Castle losing control of Kable
Castle is stabbed to death with his own knife, after Kable makes him subconsciously imagine it
Videos[]
Gamer (2 11) Movie CLIP - Slayers (2009) HD
Gamer (10 11) Movie CLIP - I Will Control Everything (2009) HD
Gamer (11 11) Movie CLIP - Mental Strength (2009) HD
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