The Game

– In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a coldhear..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.80 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 9 Minutes
Release Year:
1997
The Game (1997)

In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a coldhearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad -- a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nearly a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.

The Game (1997) - Trailer

Release Date:

12 Sep 1997

Language:

English, Cantonese, German

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

David Fincher

Writer:

John Brancato, Michael Ferris

Main Actors:

Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger, James Rebhorn

Plot:

Nicholas Van Orton is a very wealthy San Francisco banker, but he is an absolute loner, even spending his birthday alone. In the year of his 48th birthday (the age his father committed suicide) his brother Conrad, who has gone long ago and surrendered to addictions of all kinds, suddenly returns and gives Nicholas a card giving him entry to unusual entertainment provided by something called Consumer Recreation Services (CRS). Giving in to curiosity, Nicholas visits CRS and all kinds of weird and bad things start to happen to him.

Awards:

1 nomination.

Production:

Universal Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
73%
Metacritic:
61%