Worst Game Ever

Rating: 5/10 (25 March 1999)

Wow, I haven't seen a movie this bad since "Sliver". Like this other "suspense thriller", the actors do a good job, and you can't even blame the director entirely. The concept is interesting but the script falls a mile short, forcing the audience to let its intelligence to be insulted for 2 hours.
There are so many mistakes and implausibilities in the movie, I'm sure I didn't even notice them all. But the most obvious: the timing of all of Douglas' encounters, the inability of the cops to do anything, Douglas' constant stupidity, and the fact that Douglas could have easily been killed on a few occasions.
Even the ending is very Sliver-ish, because they backed themselves into a corner. Not to ruin the ending for anyone, but there are only 2 possible endings, and so both are predictable - is everything real or is everything just a game? Does the audience care?? I say no. Because either way it is completely unbelievable.
I highly recommend that you avoid this movie if you have half a brain, unless you want to see how NOT to make a suspense movie. If you want to see a good suspense movie see The Firm or 12 Monkeys, two movies that are far less painful than this one. I am off to smash my rented copy of this movie now.