A gamey ending. But solid all around

Rating: 8/10 (3 August 2019)

I must admit it was hard not to be enthralled with The Game. Well written with solid acting choices, The Game gives you the basic plot setup from the start, without ever really letting on to exactly where it's going. It may seem slow to start on first viewing, but when it starts rolling, like our main character, you're rolling right with it. It's one of few movies where you feel you just might not have a grip on where it stands. The only setback is the somewhat implausible ending. Scratch that. Very implausible. They could have had filthy-rich Nick Van Orton win the Powerball instead. The odds may have been better that the odds of pulling off the climactic finish and or "stunt" in the grand finale. But as Steven Spielberg once said of an implausible ending to Jaws, "I had the audience glued this far, I could probably end it any way I wanted." Same here. But if you shake your head in disbelief in the last few minutes, you still won't regret the first 120 or so that take you on a puzzling, fun ride.