SUPER SAVINGS: | $8.10 Limited Time Only |
List Price: |
|
You Save: | $1.89 (19% Off) |
Available:
Usually ships in 3-5 business days
Brand New
|
Also released as:
DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 2 hours, 8 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: August 27, 2002
- Originally Released: 1997
- Label: Universal Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Michael Douglas, Deborah Kara Unger & Sean Penn | |
Performer: | James Rebhorn, Anna Katerina, Peter Donat, Carroll Baker, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Jarion Monroe, Anni Long, Kimberly Russell, Elizabeth Dennehy, John Aprea, Harrison Young, Tommy Flanagan, John Cassini, Yuji Okumoto, Mark Boone Junior, Jack Kehoe, Christopher John Fields, Linda Manz, Duffy Gaver, Robert J. Stephenson, John Hammil, Tracie May, George Maguire, Gerry Becker, Harris Savides, Joe Frank & Spike Jonze | |
Directed by | David Fincher | |
Edited by | Jim Haygood | |
Screenwriting by | John Brancato & Michael Ferris | |
Composition by | Howard Shore | |
Produced by | Ceán Chaffin & Steve Golin | |
Director of Photography: | Harris Savides |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3/5 --
Douglas disintegrates beautifully against the pressure of a constant and unknown threat, played out by a deliciously sinister support cast.
Full Review
BBC.com
...A brain-twisting thriller....Fincher has the touch of Hitchcock when it comes to creating tension and suspense...
Los Angeles Times
...[Mr. Fincher] has made THE GAME with impressive craftsmanship and a very high gloss....This film sustains visual allure on several levels...
New York Times
[A]n underappreciated puzzle-piece thriller....Sean Penn is terrifically low-key... -- Grade: B+
Entertainment Weekly
Douglas finally musters one of his best performances to carry Fincher's essay on self-reliance to its exciting, if absurd endgame.
Full Review
Hartford Courant
...Michael Douglas again proves himself one of the most watchable actors on the big screen in THE GAME...
USA Today
Rating: 3.5/4 --
...a top-tier thriller that doesn't always seem to get the respect and admiration it clearly deserves.
Full Review
Reel Film Reviews
Product Description:
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.
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.
Keywords:
Action
|
Psychodrama
|
Suspense
|
Thriller
|
On-The-Run
|
Self-Discovery
|
Blackmail
|
Recommended
|
Framed
|
Character Study
|
Disturbing
|
Theatrical Release
Similar Products
Formats:
Genres:
Product Groupings:
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 33,795
- UPC: 025192244728
- Shipping Weight: 0.16/lbs (approx)
- International Shipping: 1 item