The Game
1997 · TMDB 7.6
Directed by David Fincher
In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.
Why it matters
David Fincher's San Francisco puzzle, in which a wealthy banker (Michael Douglas) is drawn into a mysterious 'game' that may or may not be real. A film about the contract between audience and entertainer, staged as a thriller.
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Released
- 1997-09-12
- Studio
- PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- Cantonese
- TMDB score
- 7.6
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