Game Night

Audio problem: When Max is biting down on the squeaky toy during the bullet extraction scene, the way the toy squeaks doesn't really "match" with his biting. Those types of toys wouldn't let out comically long squeaks like that from a single bite down. (Obviously it was exaggerated for comedic effect).

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Audio problem: When Brooks and Max trade places during game night and Brooks taunts Max by calling him "Pretzel-boy," watch closely... Brooks' mouth isn't moving, revealing the line was added in post.

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Audio problem: Annie states that her phone went to sleep while trying to find the bullet. She uses her nose to wake it up and as soon as she does that, she can be heard saying "here we go" but her mouth doesn't move.

Factual error: Max could not have been accidentally shot when Annie drops the revolver. She dropped it when she was startled by firing it into the ceiling so the hammer would still be sitting on the spent/empty shell casing. The trigger or hammer must be pulled back in order for the cylinder of a revolver to rotate to the next live chamber.

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Annie: I hate game night.

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Trivia: The film has many subtle allusions to popular games and gaming archetypes. For example: -Many elements of the plot (such as the hot-rod car and Gary's dog Bastion) are references to game-pieces from the game Monopoly. -The scene where Annie digs a bullet out of Max's arm and then sews it up is both a reference to the Monopoly thimble-piece and the children's game Operation. -During the chase scene, there are frequent shots where the camera is mounted to the back of the cars in such a way to emulate car-racing video-games. -The music includes several cues done in an 8-bit Nintendo video-game style. -Establishing shots are filmed using a photographic technique called "tilt-shift", which makes live action locations look like miniatures, and thus, like board-game pieces. Etc. There are dozens of these types of references throughout the film.

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Question: I don't understand one thing: who really kidnapped Brooks? The real ones or the kidnappers set up by Gary? If the real ones kidnapped Brooks, how did Gary's fake one get Brooks? How do Gary's fake actors intersect with real criminals?

Answer: Brooks was kidnapped by Gary's fake kidnappers. Everything to do with his kidnapping was set up by Gary. Gary did it to make people realise he'd be fun at their game night. However, Brooks was in league with the actual criminals and assumed they were responsible, which is where the mix-up happens. Eventually, the real criminals show up in the third act. Basically, it's two separate storylines that converge at the end through a comedy of errors.

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