The Game

Sep 12, 1997

2h 9m

★ 7.6

What do you get for the man who has everything...?

Overview

In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Mystery

Production Companies

PolyGram Filmed Entertainment

Propaganda Films

The Game Trailers

Cast

Nicholas Van Orton

Michael Douglas

Conrad Van Orton

Sean Penn

Christine

Deborah Kara Unger

Jim Feingold

James Rebhorn

Samuel Sutherland

Peter Donat

Ilsa

Carroll Baker

Elizabeth

Anna Katarina

Anson Baer

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Nicholas' Father

Charles Martinet

Young Nicholas

Scott Hunter McGuire

Nicholas' Mother

Florentine Mocanu

Maria

Elizabeth Dennehy

Two guys against globalization want to plant a virus in the network of a finance corporation. On the day of the attack Alex has an accident and cannot remember anything. Visions and reality are thrown together in a confusing maze. Alex tries to escape from this muddle but what he discovers turns out to be rather frightening…

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