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A video game tester makes a disturbing discovery about a new shooting game: the game's events are being mirrored in the real world, and the game's protagonist is actually a real person being remotely controlled.
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Joe Leydon Variety 07/22/2016
A real-world first-person shooter causes mayhem in this preposterous sci-fi action-thriller. Go to Full Review Dann Gire Chicago Daily Herald 07/21/2016
1.5/4
Beta Test, directed, written and produced by Nicholas Gyeney, squanders a brilliantly inventive action premise with a comically silly disregard for necessary realism. Go to Full Review Mike McGranaghan Aisle Seat 07/20/2016
0.5/4
One of the stupidest and most offensive movies I've seen in more than twenty years as a film critic. Go to Full Review Elias Savada Film International 07/11/2016
1.5/5
In an attempt to meld the pc gaming world with that of modest-budget movie-making, Beta Test doesn't score many points. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Anastassia H 01/05/2025 I love the story line but a lot of the (not video game controlled) fight scenes were either too slow or too unrealistic. I loved all the fight scenes when max is controlling the body! Good amount of gore without going over the top, good amount of empathy evoking - especially when max realizes what's happening. Overall not bad, but not sure I'd watch it again. See more Peter B 03/12/2024 Very underrated indie throwback to 90s action! See more 11/22/2021 Underrated independent action movie. Calls back to 90s movies See more 01/23/2020 It starts strong and does quite a few things to move this genre of film in the right direction. Sadly, it takes just as many missteps and ultimately feels like a complicated, silly mess of a plot. See more 03/22/2019 It’s gamer on a much smaller budget and to be fair to this film it doesn’t do it any worse either See more 01/28/2019 Claims to have the longest single-shoot fight scene in cinema history. Unfortunately, that's not a compliment. It's the most pointless, illogical part of the whole movie. It's a decent premise and an okay plot, but as the movie becomes more "real world" and less "videogame," the writing and direction actually get more videogammish. This could have been a decent movie--if they hadn't tried to cover weak writing with mediocre, nonsensical action. See more Read all reviews
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Nicholas Gyeney

Director

Manu Bennett

Creed

Larenz Tate

Max

Linden Ashby

Kincaid

Kevon Stover

Zane

Brandy Heidrick

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Synopsis A video game tester makes a disturbing discovery about a new shooting game: the game's events are being mirrored in the real world, and the game's protagonist is actually a real person being remotely controlled.
Director
Nicholas Gyeney
Producer
Nicholas Gyeney, Larenz Tate, André Kirkman
Screenwriter
Nicholas Gyeney, André Kirkman
Distributor
Mirror Images Ltd.
Production Co
Mirror Images Ltd.
Genre
Sci-Fi, Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 22, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 2, 2016
Runtime
1h 28m
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