Directed by: Richard Kelly
Starring: Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella
Running time: 115 minutes
Based on the 1971 short story Button,
Button, by Richard Matheson, The Box tells the story of NASA engineer,
Arthur Lewis, and his teacher wife, Norma. They have a son called Walter and they
are having financial issues. Early one morning, a package is left on their doorstep
containing a wooden box with a button on top. Later that day, Norma is visited
at her home by a mysterious disfigured man called Arlington Steward, who tells
them they have 24-hours to decide if they want to push the button on the box
they received. If they do, they will receive 1 million dollars in cash, but
someone they do not know will die. Their decision will set off a chain of
events they could not predict.
The premise deals with an interesting moral dilemma. If that was offered, would you take it? As for the film itself, the acting performances were decent enough for the most part. The story offered some moments of good thrills, but there seemed to lack something to tie the whole thing together. It dragged along at times and felt discombobulated in certain moments. But, in the end, there is a nice little message about society and taking shortcuts here.
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