the best film i've seen this year.

Rating: 10/10 (25 April 2001)

I only just watched this film the other week after putting it off for ages, i never really got excited enough about it to sit down and watch a Michael Douglas film is,nt what i would put high on my list, not because i dislike him but i never really get drawn into his style of film if there is a thriller like this on one sky channel and an all guns blazing action film on the other then i'm likely to watch the action flick for the adrenaline rush. Now i wish i had watched this sooner and at the cinema. This is an absolutely brilliant film the writing of it is excellent, despite its far fetched idea and happenings (none of the events of the film could ever really happen the way it did in the film). The direction is also first rate and the atmosphere that is created is so tense and really creates a sense of paranoia, i unfortunately missed the first ten or so minutes but the Game as such had not really got started so i lucked out, i can't really explain why i found this film so intrigueing, its an edge of the seat affair that is brilliantly acted and strange because after the film i was trying to think what just went on and you want to see it again much like Finchers other film Fight club which is also excellent, but i do prefer this. I don't know quite why i was never bothered about watching this especailly considering how excellent it was and i must say to watch it at the cinema in the dark would be excellent i hope the do have a special re-showing of this like they do with some films. All in all not to be missed, and it requires two viewings unfortunately i haven't watched for the second time so i'll have to buy it, well done all involved in the making of this i say.