The Game (1997 film)

The Game is a 1997 American mystery thriller film directed by David Fincher, starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn, and produced by Propaganda Films and PolyGram Filmed Entertainment. It tells the story of a wealthy investment banker who is given a mysterious gift participation in a game that integrates in strange ways with his everyday life. As the lines between the bankers real life and the game become more uncertain, hints of a large conspiracy become apparent.

Nicholas Van Orton, a wealthy investment banker, is estranged from both his exwife and his only sibling, his younger brother, Conrad. He remains haunted from having seen his father commit suicide on the latters 48th birthday. For Nicholas own 48th birthday, Conrad presents Nicholas with an unusual gifta voucher for a game offered by a company called Consumer Recreation Services CRS. Conrad promises that it will change his brothers life.Nicholas has doubts about CRS, but he meets club members who enjoyed the game. He goes to CRSs offices to apply and is irritated by the lengthy and timeconsuming series of psychological and physical examinations required. He is later informed that his application has been rejected. Soon Nicholas begins to believe that his business, reputation, finances, and safety are at risk. He encounters a waitress, Christine, who appears to have been endangered by the game. Nicholas contacts the police to investigate CRS, but they find the offices abandoned. ........

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