Free Guy: Movie Review

Comedies rarely take themselves seriously, and rarely work when they do. Free Guy happens to be a quite excellent exception to this rule.

Told mostly through the eyes of npc, non-playable character, wanting more out of life. With yet another evil corporate overlord that makes me wonder how many times Hollywood will spell it all out to us before we realize that capitalism is, in fact, the problem, and not the solution. Nonetheless the action comedy covers some very deep topics in very light hearted ways.

It takes an in depth look at every technological difficulty we may be about to face in such a humanizing way.  Even if I weren’t a transhumanist, I think I would find it hard not to recommend such a movie. It’s characters, it’s philosophy. Including its proper critique of nihilism. It is very rare for movies to look at the philosophy of meaninglessness as something other than “evil” beyond their typical lazy ways. But the character Buddy seems to grasp the fundamental truth well. As he says in the movie. “I am here helping a friend through a hard time. What could be more real than that?”

In short and without too many more spoilers. Free Guy is a movie that cover the depths beyond humanity in a silly, easy to process movie. And for this reason alone, and many others it comes highly recommended.