By any fair standard, this lushly produced film is a long, bumpy ride to a major letdown. It's the flashes of mind-twisting fun provided by
Seven director David Fincher that make
The Game worth playing. Michael Douglas gives an intricate, intensely involving performance as Nicholas Van Orton, a San Francisco investment banker who lives well by squeezing out anyone who threatens his profit margin. On Nicholas' 48th birthday, his ne'er-do-well brother, Conrad (Sean Penn), presents the grumpy