In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a coldhearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad -- a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nearly a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.
Elenco: Michael Douglas , Sean Penn , Deborah Kara Unger , James Rebhorn , Spike Jonze , Anna Katarina , Armin Mueller-Stahl , Carroll Baker , Scott Hunter McGuire , Elizabeth Dennehy , Daniel Schorr , John Aprea , Charles Martinet , Caroline Barclay , Peter Donat , Florentine Mocanu , Kimberly Russell , Gerry Becker , Jarion Monroe , Joe Frank , Harrison Young , Tommy Flanagan , Kat Kilkenny , John Cassini , Harris Savides , Victor Talmadge , Keena Turner , Owen Masterson , Yuji Okumoto , Hideo Kimura , Rachel Flanagan , Mark Boone Junior , Joy Ann Ryan , Jack Kehoe , Christopher John Fields , Linda Manz , Duffy Gaver , Bob Stephenson , John Hammil , Rachel Steinberg , George Maguire , Trish Summerville , Jason Kristofer , Lily Soh Froehlich , Charles Branklyn , Michael Massee .