The Game (DVD)

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The Game (DVD)

Starring:

Douglas, Michael Penn, Sean Unger, Deborah Kara Rebhorn, James Katerina, Anna Donat, Peter Baker, Carroll Mueller-Stahl, Armin Martinet, Charles McGuire, Scott Hunter Monroe, Jarion Luchich, Aaron Thomas Talmadge, Victor Brazen, Andre Hey, Carlos Campbell, Edward Lanthier, Sean Pena, Esan Brooks, James Ford, Terence Long, Anni Scott, Bob Turner, Keena Young, Jeffery Michael Russell, Kimberly Dennehy, Elizabeth Barclay, Caroline Mocan, Florentine Aprea, John Young, Harrison Tommy Flanagan Trio Cassini, John Harris, Kathryn Jean Cory, Christopher Okumoto, Yuji Masterson, Owen Schadt, Rachel Boone, Mark Junior Ryan, Joy Ann Kehoe, Jack Fields, Christopher John Manz, Linda Ferrerira, Victor Gaver, Duffy Stephenson, Robert J. Maloney, Sean Alcantar, Faustina Norzagary, Heriberto Hammil, John May, Tracie Steinberg, Rachel Maguire, George Davallon, Sara Sommerville, Trish Kristopher, Jason Froehlich, Soh Brankira, Charles Koehlev, Tammy Lynwood, Alex Lynwood, Michael Cowee, Stephen Schorr, Daniel Siegler, Marc Becker, Gerry Davidian, Pete Flannery, Bill Savides, Harris Frank, Joe Midgley, Jamie Kimura, Hideo Crowl, Tom Gordon, Jay Vanterpool, Curtis Jonze, Spike

Directing:

Fincher, David

Rating:

R (MPAA): For language, and for some violence and sexuality.

Run Time:

128 minutes

Description:

For the follow-up to his dark crime thriller SEVEN, director David Fincher decided to remain in a film noir vein. The result is THE GAME, a fast-paced cinematic roller-coaster ride that stars Michael Douglas as Nicholas Van Orton, a joyless San Francisco investment banker who receives an unusual birthday present from his estranged younger brother, Conrad (Sean Penn). The gift enrolls Nicholas in CRS (Consumer Recreation Services), a company that designs elaborate real-life games for each specific participant. As the game begins, the reluctant Nicholas becomes the victim of a series of pranks that quickly turn malicious and dangerous. Stripped of his finances and convinced that he can trust no one, Nicholas realizes that this game may be an attempt to steal his fortune and leave him for dead. In a desperate bid to regain his life, Nicholas infiltrates CRS in order to uncover the secrets of the mysterious organization.

Douglas is perfect playing the uptight businessman Nicholas, cleverly riffing on his Oscar-winning performance as the cold-blooded Gordon Gekko in WALL STREET. Fincher's Kafkaesque carnival show is an exercise in taut filmmaking that mischievously pulls a seemingly endless supply of rugs out from under both Nicholas and, even more impressive, the viewer.

UPC: 5832378763JN

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