In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.
Michael Douglas
as Nicholas Van Orton
Sean Penn
as Conrad Van Orton
Deborah Kara Unger
as Christine
James Rebhorn
as Jim Feingold
Peter Donat
as Samuel Sutherland
Carroll Baker
as Ilsa
Anna Katarina
as Elizabeth
Armin Mueller-Stahl
as Anson Baer
Charles Martinet
as Nicholas' Father
Scott Hunter McGuire
as Young Nicholas
Florentine Mocanu
as Nicholas' Mother
Elizabeth Dennehy
as Maria
