SYNOPSIS

For his birthday present, a wealthy businessman receives an invitation from his brother to visit a company called Consumer Recreation Services. Curious, he visits and various weird and bad things start to happen to him.

CRITERIA

The Game is one of David Fincher’s most underrated and overlooked films in his career. Not a blockbuster cast, no big-name screenwriter and no flashy style. It, much like a film he made five years later called Panic Room, is a Friday night date movie that is meant for popcorn and fun.

However, much like his other films, the attention to detail here is astounding. There is not a single frame that goes by that is not carefully planned and in some cases perfectly symmetrical. In the commentary, Fincher even mentions the particularly difficult choices made in this film because everyone is lying. When a director cuts to a close up, he does it for a reason and the audience subconsciously knows that what they are seeing is important in that shot. Therefore, there are relatively few close-ups in The Game.