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Movie
description |
-Michael
Douglas
-Sean
Penn
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.
Rated
R
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of
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1948-2006 Muze
Inc.
and
Muze
Europe
Ltd.
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