Gamebox has a lot of things in common with Brainscan and Stay Alive, both of which came before it and were probably in the same budget arena. I don't know what Ed Furlong made back then but it couldn't have been much and Frankie Muniz is the only guy in Stay Alive who made any money. I think Brainscan is one of the best of its kind and I'd add Gamebox to the Brainscan end of the spectrum. Charlie's such a mess in the beginning you can't help rooting for him to at least start interacting with humans again. When he gets sucked into the game you figure he's gonna crawl into a hole and die but he turns out to be the perfect guy for the job. Once he's in the game world full time the movie really starts to move. My only problem with it is it could have made more of his relationship with his girlfriend in the beginning. Maybe more flashbacks or something so we see what she's like compared to PRincess. They show her in an old video but she doesn't say anything.
Review of Game Box 1.0
