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The Game starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn

January 17th 2012 17:01

The Game is a thriller starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn and directed by David Fincher, dealing with the complex relationship between an immensely successful financier with his possibly charlatan but very dear younger brother.

Story of The Game

What do you get for the man who has... everything?

When his younger brother Conrad (Sean Penn) gifts Nicholas Van Orton an invite

to be entertained by very unusual firm called Consumer Recreation Services for his 48th birthday (CRS) little does he know that he is in for an adventure of a lifetime--an adventure he could well do without. It becomes apparent that the "entertainment" provided by CRS is of a very dubious nature involving a large variety of most inappropriate practical jokes including break-ins, simulating accidents and even gunfights so that it soon turns to torment and a matter of life and death. With an unknown woman, Christine for company Nicholas sets out to find the truth before it drives him out of his mind. After being betrayed at every turn by just about everyone he ever trusted he is ready for a final showdown on the roof of a skyscraper. But his mind is so blurred that does he even know the difference between what is real and what appears to be real?

Review of The Game
The Game is a real gem of an original (and I am not using the word lightly)

character driven thriller that just borders on the psychological thriller genre. This movie is not about slick dialogues and dashing men and women in smart and sexy colthes respectively. It is a mix of smooth editing, exceptional directing and apt background scores that helps to maintain the dark atmosphere of The Game and manages to keep you on the edges of your seats, not mention reeling from twist after twist after twist--and everyone of them strikingly original.

But what is really great (or lame depending on what type of a movie watcher you are) is the ending which is so bizarre that it will warrant another viewing just to see if you can pick up the clues this time around.

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