credit: Getty images Free Guy is a 2021 science fiction action-comedy film directed by Shawn Levy

[{"selector":"#anim-b5674fda-9b34-4e3e-aabe-469219637dea","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c6cf41d2-1359-40f5-8bac-1b65dd437267","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] credit: Getty images starring Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, and Taika Waititi. The movie follows the life of a non-playable character (NPC) named Guy

[{"selector":"#anim-ff31454b-e77b-4213-b820-08ef31c3af05","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-6612a761-f0f4-499a-ac10-af4395de1313","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] credit: Getty images who becomes self-aware in a video game world and decides to take control of his life.

[{"selector":"#anim-26aa4ad9-798f-4536-8e88-fdc5c7f50220","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e6ebf908-c53e-4f5b-9c55-4d4145f6718e","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] credit: Getty images The movie takes place in the open-world video game "Free City," where Guy works as a bank teller.

[{"selector":"#anim-be8103a6-7c8d-4601-9d04-db19f3e2a417","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f4cfd777-5ff2-4841-ac47-80a60f3a7b4a","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] credit: Getty images Every day, he wakes up, puts on his blue shirt and khaki pants, and goes to work, where he gets robbed by players over and over again.

[{"selector":"#anim-ada88751-ad5f-4c56-b31f-d40e2e437797","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-55c7cf37-d93d-4bb7-a616-aadb35889f36","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] credit: Getty images But despite the constant abuse, Guy is a happy-go-lucky guy who loves his job and his life.

[{"selector":"#anim-371acce2-2650-499c-8977-5f66ffdbb366","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-5f55c74e-30dc-4218-b50b-50663e41b105","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] credit: Getty images One day, he meets Millie (Jodie Comer), a real-world programmer who is looking for evidence that Antoine (Taika Waititi), the creator of the game, stole her code.

[{"selector":"#anim-c1cdf880-5610-49c7-8ede-042bfa6fac38","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ab591310-3fc3-4625-9103-88ab348072a8","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] credit: Getty images Millie tells Guy that he is an NPC in a video game, and he is shocked to learn that his world isn't real.

[{"selector":"#anim-ebbd792b-d928-4f6e-b54f-e9ec2885d253","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4ea06202-acfc-4637-aa2e-ca98dc7456d1","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] credit: Getty images As he begins to realize the truth about his existence, Guy becomes determined to change his fate and become the hero of his own story.

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