The Game
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.
- genus: Drama, Thriller, Mystery
- Studio: PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Propaganda Films
- keyword: suicide, sibling relationship, san francisco, california, birthday, gun, key, manipulation, restaurant, danger of life, birthday party, game, millionaire, surprising, trapped in an elevator, birthday present, investment banker, puzzlement
- cast: Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger, James Rebhorn, Peter Donat, Carroll Baker