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Buy This Item The Game by Universal Studios  Available from Amazon  $9.99  on 11-14-2008     It's not quite as clever as it tries to be, but <I>The Game</I> does a tremendous job of presenting the story of a rigid control freak trapped in circumstances that are increasingly beyond his control. Michael Douglas plays a rich, divorced, and dreadful investment banker whose 48th birthday reminds him of his father's suicide at the same age. He's locked in the cage of his own misery until his rebellious younger brother (Sean Penn) presents him with a birthday invitation to play "The Game" (described as "an experiential Book of the Month Club")--a mysterious offering from a company called Consumer Recreation Services. Before he knows the game has even begun, Douglas is caught up in a series of unexplained events designed to strip him of his tenuous security and cast him into a maelstrom of chaos. How do you play a game that hasn't any rules? That's what Douglas has to figure out, and he can't always rely on his intelligence to form logic out of what's happening to him. Seemingly cast as the fall guy in a conspiracy thriller, he encounters a waitress (Deborah Unger) who may or may not be trustworthy, and nothing can be taken at face value in a world turned upside down. Douglas is great at conveying the sheer panic of his character's dilemma, and despite some lapses in credibility and an anticlimactic ending, <I>The Game</I> remains a thinking person's thriller that grabs and holds your attention. <i>--Jeff Shannon</i> Reader Reviews Nicholas Vanorton, gets whored bigtime, thanks to his bro, conn, who is played by sean penn. Nick VanOrton (michael douglas) agrees to accept his bros b/d present, his 48th, the same age his dad thought he had wings and jumped off the roof from his mansion and splatterrf on the front driveway. Nick just turned 48, has it all, millions, an investment banker and now owns the family mansion all by himself with hired help and played by a classic pinup girl(babydoll). Its probably what alot of college dudes want to be at 48 haha, a super athlete in the nfl/mlb/nba, a rock star ballin britney spears during the weekend or claudine wong, lmao, *wink* or being Nicholas VanOrton hah! A great movie, you'll watch it more than once! .

The Game Available from Amazon Price: $9.99 Updated on 11-14-2008.

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