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Release Date: 04 March, 2003 Retail Price: $12.98 OUR Price: $9.99 You SAVE: $2.99! Cast: Complete Cast (13 total) |
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TIME TO PLAY THE GAME!
No, this isn't an autobiography on WWE star Triple H.
This is "The Game" starring Michael Douglas as Nicholas Van Orton, an investment banker who apparently has forgotten, or never learned, how to be a kind human being. Mr. Van Orton is short, rude, and a pompous ass to every person he seems to come in contact with. His wealth and power have gone to his head in a big way.
Then as a birthday gift, Nicholas' brother Conrad (played by Sean Penn) gives him a present: a gift certificate to a company known as "CRS". Nicholas has no clue what he is in store for. When he eventually goes to CRS to fill out the forms and take the tests needed to get started, he is informed by cel phone during an important meeting that he has been rejected. But this is just a ruse, as from this point on, he is thrown into "The Game".
Having to experience humility for probably the first time in his life, Nicholas finds himself in one catastrophe after another, and finds himself completely and totally out of his element as the events unfold in wicked fashion. In the end, he gets exactly what he deserves.
I think we've all run into the Nicholas Van Ortons in the world at some point or another, and there's something satisfying about watching someone who believes to be above everybody and everything get knocked down to Earth. I wouldn't say this is a terrific film, but one that keeps you interested until the end.
Wow, I have never met anyone who actually liked this movie.
This movie is a flop, plain and simple. The acting is subpar, camerawork is shoddy, and the storyline is incomprehensible. Is there a movie that is more farfetched (besides the Da Vinci Code)? The ending is unbelievable, as in no one would believe that someone would actually go through all the trouble to play a prank on somebody like they did to Michael Douglas. It's hard to believe that famous actors like Douglas and Sean Penn actually signed on to this drivel. They must have liked the "twist ending," that only was a twist because it made no sense. Seriously people, how could you enjoyed this movie?! It says it is a "thinking-man's thriller." What? The only thoughts I had was "Whuhh?"
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