The Game

~What do you get for the man who has everything...?

Overview

In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.

Genres

General Information

Release Date: 1997-09-12
Budget: $50000000
Revenue: $109423648
Runtime: 129 min

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