'The Game' is not worth playing.

Rating: 5/10 (27 January 2008)

Average. That is the word to define this film and its implausible shenanigans. Overly long the premise sadly does not engage long-enough to be given such a period of running time.
Following Nicholas Van Orton, played by Michael Douglas, we are introduced to a wealthy yet insular and empty individual. As a present from his younger brother, played by the under-used Sean Penn, events unravel which begin 'The Game'.
'The Game'is unforgiving, the script is contrived and lacks a big dose of logic. Nicholas Van Orton, an investment banker forgoes common sense in situations which demand attention. It seems that the film is driven by its own arrogance, it bypasses gaping holes in order to run across a finish line which has no audience.
The story is a meshing of twists and bluffs that I'm afraid are just silly, the film does not surprise, as I'm sure it was meant to, nor act as a taut tense thriller, as I'm sure it was meant to. Mere average.