Advantages: More twists than a drunk rattlesnake. Disadvantages: Perhaps a little tough to believe.
...arrogant executive banker, it under the shadow of this name that 'The Game' takes shape.
On the face of it, this film looked very promising: it had everything I look for in a film, so I started watching in keen anticipation. Yet it isn't an easy film to watch: it doesn't let you build any sort of true idea of the plot without it breaking it down in the next five minutes. As such it is somewhat of a challenge.
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...to review a movie like The Game without giving away too much of its plot and ideas that you you ruin it for any reader who has never seen it before. This is the third time of writing this for me, having tried to include as many elements as possible to stimulate your interest in the movie without spoiling it as a viewing experience. I failed each time, eventually I have given up, but I do still want to recommend this to you all..so here goes, sparse ...
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Advantages: Great plot, great acting, great direction... Great Disadvantages: You can't really watch it more than twice (trust me)
...film by stretch marks on the bladder in quite awhile. That is to say, “The Game” had me so riveted that my digested Pepsi, while causing me great pain due to retention, could not prod me out of my seat.
John D. Brancato and Michael Ferris (the writing team that brought us “The Net” and about five other films) have teamed up with the mythical David Fincher (director of “Seven”, “Aliens 3” and "Fight ...
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Advantages: Intriguing Thriller, the ending Disadvantages: The Ending?
The Game is David Fincher's third film sandwiched between Seven and Fight Club. Michael Douglas is high powered businessman, Nicholas Van Orton with little time for anyone bar his stocks and shares. Haunted by the suicide of him father, he sits alone on his 48th birthday before meeting with his brother Conrad (Sean Penn) who gives him a gift to play "The Game", a consumer recreation event for executives.
Van Orton visits the company running the ...
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Advantages: Original, inventive and well scripted. Disadvantages: Confusing?
The Game is one of the most unpredictable, original films I have ever seen. It somehow leaves you completely unsure of what to think, yet makes perfect sense at the end and is relatively easy to understand.
To say there is a big twist at the end would be an understatement - the whole film is just a series of twists, some bigger than others, but practically all of them unforseeable.
Michael Douglas is Nicholas Van Orton, a successful upper-class ...
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Advantages: Complexity Of Plot. Disadvantages: See Above.
The game is a fast paced action thriller which sees Nicholas Van Orten (Michael Douglas)receive a birthday present beyond his wildest dreams,or should that be nightmares?
Van Orten is a hard-nosed high flying corporate business man,whose only pleasure seems to come from his nack of rubbing people up the wrong way whilst doing his business deals.
Whether or not this attitude stems from the fact that his own father commited suicide while he was still ...
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Advantages: An all round good show Disadvantages: .
The Game, comes to us from Director David Fincher he of Se7en and Fight Club fame. It sees Michael Douglas in the staring role as millionaire Banker Nicholas Van Orton, who is an absolute loner and an altogether horrible person.
It is Van Orton’s 48th Birthday (The age at which his father committed suicide.) His Brother Conrad (Sean Penn) comes to him and gives him a card, which is an entry into some kind of unusual entertainment, provided ...
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Advantages: Brilliant, fast paced film Disadvantages: Can only watch it once!
The Game
Background
The Game comes from the director of the fantastic film Seven which may give a bit of a flavour of the type of magical movie journey that you are in for.
What did I think of it?
This was open of those movies that is fantastic when you watch it for the first time but also quite sad as you know that you can never watch it in quite the same way again once you know the plot (I am generally one of those people who can watch ...
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Advantages: gripping Disadvantages: you may dislike the ending
...strongest performance in years as the highly successful but bored businessman who apparently has everything but plays 'The Game' and has his life turned upside down. Sean Penn is as excellent as ever as his brother in a tense and stylish big budget thriller that'll have you guessing all the way. Twisting and turning, this had me on the edge of my seat throughout and while I know many people found the ending disappointing, you could never say that ...
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...great part and quite obviously the main part in this film.
This is one of those films that is really hard to describe because it is so unrelated to any thing else i have ever seen. To really find out if this film is any good then go and watch it. It has been out for some time but i think you can still get it in most places! ...
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...birthday present. He is given the chance to play in a very expensive and very secret game. This film has more twists and turns than anything I have seen before. I could not believe that it did not do so well in the box office because this is one of the most memorable films that I have ever watched. The ending scene of "The Game" left me stunned and amazed. Watch this now and remember, trust no-one. ...
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