Directed By – John Francis Daley; Jonathan Goldstein
Starring – Jason Bateman; Rachel McAdams; Kyle Chandler; Sharon Hogan; Lamorne Morris; Jesse Plemons; Kylie Bunbury; Billy Magnussen.
After making over triple its $37 million dollar budget, Game Night was easily a massive success for Warner Bros and New Line and if missed out the first time you can now own the action-comedy on DVD and Blu-ray.
Game Night follows Max (Bateman) and Annie (McAdams) host weekly couples game nights and they go up a notch when Brooks (Chandler), Max’s charismatic brother, arranges a murder mystery party, including fake thugs and faux federal agents. When Brooks gets kidnapped, it’s all part of the game…right? However, when the six-uber competitive gamers set out to solve the case and win, they quickly discover this isn’t the game its supposed to be.
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It’s a shame to say that after rewatching and rereading my review, I still stand by a lot I previously said. Game Night is still highly entertaining with dark comedic laughs. However. If you compare to Warner Bros latest comedic release, Tag, Daily and Goldstein could’ve brought a little bit more out of the comedic abilities of Batman, McAdams and Morris.
Despite this, the directing duo did get out a brilliant standout performance from Plemons as the unsettling next door neighbour. Batman and McAdams are solid then with Morris and Magnussen you could have bright cinematic comedic actors.
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Elsewhere, with Daley and Goldstein now helming The Flash for WB/DC Films, I won’t be surprised if we see members of this cast in the DCU film. In Morris and Bunbury you have brother and sister duo Leonard and Lisa Snort aka Captain Cold & Golden Glider. Meanwhile, Plemons and Chandler could make a decent Heat Wave (Mick Rory) with Magnussen is Weather Wizard.
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This is not to say I want this Flash movie to be comedic and actually Game Night showcase what the superhero flick could be, a mixture of action with comedy thrown in. Furthermore, it’d be good to see Morris as this super cool badass villain.
As for the bonus features, you get a decent enough making of feature and who doesn’t like a gag reel!
Verdict
Game Night is funny and entertaining film to watch on a date night or with mates with a decent cast carrying this simple idea, but if you’re a DC fan then it looks like Flash is on good hands.
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