| The Game 
				(1997), 
				Director: David Fincher, rated R for violence, 
				language 
						Are you 
						ready to play? 
				
		  Starring: Michael 
				Douglas, Sean Penn, James Rebhorn, Deborah Kara Unger, Peter 
				Donat, Carroll Baker, Amin Mueller-Stahl 
DML Rating: 
★★★★★★★★★☆ 
- near perfect 
				"Discovering the object of 
				the game is the object of the game." – Daniel Schorr Why watch this?
				... to see the look on your face when you realize what is really 
				going on. 
				Plot Summary: 
						Nicholas Van Orton, a wealthy and reclusive San 
						Francisco investment banker, receives an unusual 
						birthday gift from his estranged younger brother, 
						Conrad. This gift is an opportunity to participate in a 
						mysterious, customized game provided by a company called 
						Consumer Recreation Services (CRS). As Nicholas enters 
						the game, the lines between reality and the staged 
						events blur, leading to a series of increasingly intense 
						and dangerous occurrences that challenge his carefully 
						constructed life and understanding of what's truly 
						happening around him. Dad's Preview: 
				I rented this and could not believe that there was not 
				more buzz about it. It is a hell of a tense film with a brilliant plot. 
				You will have to watch it more than once to catch everything. 
						It served as a cautionary tale for the 
				modern day corporate executive - those who live their lives 
				solely to serve the "company", at the expense of 
				living life and spending time with loved ones. Douglas delivers 
				another strong performance, but I was drawn into the mysterious 
				Deborah Unger. 
						 Propaganda 
						Films; PolyGram Films
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