Douglas finally musters one of his best performances to carry Fincher's essay on self-reliance to its exciting, if absurd endgame. First Teaser for the "Black Christmas" Remake | !, taking you to the point of near break down, suicide or murder...just for a game? Rent $3.99. We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your account. I wish there were more like it. Watch your purchase on Movies Anywhere supported devices I guess you could say the film is bordering on identity theft of the highest order, with the exception that the main character agreed to everything.

Douglas is also perfect as Orton (he knows how to play slimeballs), the cool, slick, cold business man who is reduced to a quivering wreck with anxiety overload. | Rating: 2.5/4 Despite the over the top nature of the plot the film is a great thriller and succeeds in creating discomfort during the whole run time. If you don't judge it, or raise any of the MANY questions about how this "game" could have gone wrong in 10,000 ways, you can appreciate where they were going with this movie. February 16, 2016 March 26, 2009 This riveting thriller stars Michael Douglas as a successful businessman who is always in control until an unexpected birthday gift destroys everything in a rush of devastating events. View All Photos (5) Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox!

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| Rating: 3/5 October 31, 2019 Now you’ve got an idea of the minimum PC specs you’ll need to play games and stream. Please click the link below to receive your verification email. You can feel the sweat droplets running down your brow as you observe Douglas going through his nightmare, one of his best performances. The fear of losing everything, nowhere to turn, no one to trust, something that all working people can relate to.

| If you really think about it, would anyone really accept what this unknown company offers in the film? would you really go along with all those medical tests and mental tests that last all day and at the end of it sign your life away without a clue what will happen?!

Leaving you almost homeless with seemingly everybody against you, people double crossing you, even going as far as to try and kill you!! It also feels way too convenient, as if they knew Orton would do what he did, just seems too impossible to predict.

Upon receiving a gift card type present from his brother for a 'game' company Orton proceeds ahead with the offer and discovers himself in a world of hurt. The ending could use a little work but this is otherwise another sterling example of David Fincher's iron grip on atmosphere and storytelling.

So yeah this could be 'Gordon Gecko' as an older man I guess, its very familiar. On Nicholas's 48th birthday (the age at which his father committed suicide), his younger, free-spirited brother Conrad (Sean Penn) blows into town and gives Nicholas a special gift for "the man who has everything" -- a ticket to CRS (Consumer Recreation Services), a company that constructs games custom-fit for each participant to provide, as CRS salesman Jim Feingold (James Rebhorn) cryptically puts it, "whatever is lacking." almost like a blackmail fetish.