This film was incredibly cheesy but it had a bunch of actors that I like and Jason Bateman. Max (Bateman) and Annie (Rachel McAdams) are an incredibly competitive couple whose game nights are epic. And when Max's brother, Brooks (Kyle Chandler, always great) comes to town, he decides to kick things up a notch by faking a kidnapping which turns to be real. Things get interesting. Turns out that Brooks isn't the successful person he's led everyone to believe; he really sells crap on the black market and is wanted by several dangerous criminals including the Bulgarian (Michael C. Hall) and this other guy played by Danny Huston.
There is a kidnapping within a kidnapping within a true hunt for a criminal. The Davis's creepy cop neighbor, Gary (Jesse Plemons) is pissed that he was cut out of game night after his divorce so the second kidnapping was his idea but Brooks is really a criminal. And he takes the list of people in witness protection (once he expels it from his body, gross) he sells it to the highest bidder and tips off the people on the list for a price. Yeah, he's a real upstanding guy.
Fortunately, the acting is decent and this film is packed with actors that are better than the film: Lamorne Morris, Kylie Bunbury (nice to see you again), Sharon Horgan, Billy Magnussen and Chelsea Peretti. Unfortunately, the acting is the highlight as the film isn't funny and only mildly suspenseful but it is far from the worst way to spend an evening. Grade: B-
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