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4.0 out of 5 stars
Gordon Gekko gets his comeuppance--big time!!!,
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This review is from: The Game (Widescreen/Full Screen) (DVD)
Less than a full year before A PERFECT MURDER (1998) was released, Michael Douglas starred in THE GAME (1997), which is not simply a Michael Douglas movie, it's a David Fincher film-and you know what that means! From a screenplay by John D. Brancato & Michael Ferris, THE GAME is classic Fincher: dark, mysterious and with a constant sense of brooding danger in which lets you know that somehow, somewhere, something is not quite kosher.In THE GAME, Douglas is Nicholas Van Orton; a man of great wealth and power and totally devoid of any human compassion (as evidenced by the cold and callous way in which he fires a longtime employee). If this sounds like Gordon Gekko to you, it's because Michael Douglas, at this stage in his career, plays cold callousness like no one else. Call it typecasting; I call it brilliant acting ability and being smart enough to stick with what works. However, Gordon Gekko in the legendary Oliver Stone-directed WALL STREET (1987) didn't have a younger brother; Nicholas Van Orton does. On Nick's 48th birthday (the same age at which his father died, hint hint), his black-sheep-of-the-family brother Conrad, as brilliantly played by Sean Penn, visits him in his sprawling, cherry-wood office and hands his older sibling his birthday present: a business card with the name Consumer Recreation Services (CRS) on it. "What is this," Nicholas cynically asks. The sly answer given by Penn is one of my favorite lines in the film, and one that tells us that his elder bro's life will never be the same, once he begins to play THE GAME. Along the way, Nicholas Van Orton encounters CRS and its primary spokesman (or so he thinks) Jim Feingold (played with disarming confidence by character actor James Rebhorn), a mouthy cocktail waitress (Deborah Kara Unger) who seems to hold the secret to THE GAME, and a spooky-looking full-size inanimate clown who appears to watch everything he does. Also along the way are near-brushes with death that culminate with Conrad Van Orton's tearful admission that he "didn't know what the $#@! he had gotten them into" when he had signed his brother up for THE GAME. But that's still just the beginning... Everyone is superbly cast in this film, including BABY DOLL (1956) herself, Carroll Baker, and the always-watchable Armin Mueller-Stahl. But the real star here is David Fincher; he is so adept at guiding us down a labyrinthic path of which only he knows the end, that all we can do is hang on and enjoy the rollercoaster ride on which he breathlessly takes us. He primarily relies on small, subtle signs of foreboding to generate suspense, as opposed to full-blown violence and gore. Although this is one of those films that relies on first-time viewers' lack of knowledge of what to expect, and thusly loses something on repeated viewings, it is still a very good film to re-visit on occasion, if only to experience Fincher's unique style (this film and A PERFECT MURDER are miles apart in this respect, believe me), Douglas and Penn's acting and the production values, which are first-rate. See and experience THE GAME for yourself. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
5.0 out of 5 stars
They don't make them like this anymore....,
This review is from: The Game (Widescreen/Full Screen) (DVD)
In a world where movies are either trying too hard, or not trying hard enough, The Game fills the void that has been missing in Hollywood. First rate thriller, filmed in dark tones and with a foreboding sense of doom, about half way through the movie you realize the dark wet city is another character and that's when things really gather speed. Unbelievably well acted by Michael Douglas, there are enough twists and turns to confuse, but not enough to make you give up on trying to figure out what is real and what is a game.
4.0 out of 5 stars
ready to play "The Game"?,
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This review is from: The Game (Widescreen/Full Screen) (DVD)
in "The Game,Michael Douglas Plays Nicholas Van Orton, a wealthy,andlonely banker.Nicholas's birthday comes around,and he is spending it alone as usual.However,his long lost brother Conrad(Sean Penn)returns and has a birthday gift for him-a card giving him access to a live action game,which will add some adventure to his lonely existence. Nicholas is dead set against going to the address listed on the card,but eventually relents.he signs up for "The Game" and his life is forever altered.weird and bizarre occurrences start to happen and Nicholas can no longer tell "The Game" from reality.tragedy occurs and Nicholas begins to lose his tenuous grip on sanity.to say anything else would give too much away.let's just say the film is suspenseful,action packed and filled with twists and turns that will keep you guessing.very well made film.more than worth the time. 4/5
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