As an avid lover of board games, Game Night struck a really fun chord, providing just the right edge to what could have easily been a very boring love story.
Game nights are one thing, but murder mysteries are another. This whole movie is a murder mystery party, packed in a murder mystery, inside another murder mystery, and the mystery keeps getting weirder and more convoluted as the film progresses.
It goes just about as deep as Inception, with how many things evolve. A mystery-inception.
What starts out as a fun gathering of friends quickly turns into a who-dunnit as the chaos unfolds.
There are a lot of guns involved, but knowing which are real and which aren’t is the real question as friends try to dupe friends, and multiple plans unfold in a riot.
The movie is fairly engaging, and the cast does a great job.
They don’t have anything too heavy to portray, just fun, laughs, and a bit of fear for their lives. It stars Jason Bateman, who is a great actor with his cheeky smirks and quick wit, and Rachel McAdams brings her charm and slight craziness.
The cast is a pretty lovable package, and make a pretty decent friends group.
Bateman and McAdams make up the highly competitive couple Max and Annie, who were brought together over their love for games, and their competitive nature.
Of course, their demeanor just adds to their determination to win, even though at some point it is clear they have no idea what is really going on.
By the end of the movie, I was a bit confused as well.
The murder mystery takes so many different turns that it is hard to tell who is hunting who and for what reason.
But, it seemed pretty obvious the directors would know this is how the audience would feel, cracking a few jokes along the way about the depth of this puzzle.
Game Night was exactly what I had anticipated, and was funny enough to not be boring, with enough action scenes to keep you wincing.
I give Game Night nine out of 10 popcorns.
