The 1997 David Fincher thriller starring Michael Douglas as Nicholas Van Orton is The Game.
Douglas plays a wealthy, isolated San Francisco investment banker whose younger brother gives him a voucher for an immersive entertainment service called Consumer Recreation Services. What begins as an unusual birthday gift becomes a terrifying series of events that seems to invade every part of Nicholas's life.
The film was written by John Brancato and Michael Ferris, with later revisions by Andrew Kevin Walker, who had also worked with Fincher on Se7en. Sean Penn plays Nicholas's younger brother Conrad, while Deborah Kara Unger plays Christine, a woman drawn into the increasingly confusing ordeal.
A common mix-up is confusing The Game with Fincher's other thrillers, including Se7en, Zodiac, and Panic Room. The Game was released on September 12, 1997, and is especially known for its elaborate reversals and sustained uncertainty about what is real.