The Box
(2009)
Regisseur:
Richard KellySchauspieler:
Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella, James Rebhorn, Holmes Osborne, Sam Oz Stone, Gillian Jacobs, Celia Weston, Deborah Rush, Lisa K. Wyatt, Michele Durrett, John Magaro, Ryan Woodle, Frank Ridley, Daniel Stewart Sherman, Kevin DeCosteIm Jahr 1976 wird dem in finanziellen Nöten steckenden Ehepaar Norma (Cameron Diaz) und Arthur Lewis (James Marsden) von dem mysteriösen Fremden Arlingston Stewart (Frank Langella) ein unmoralische Angebot gemacht. Der geheimnisvolle Gentleman mit entstelltem Gesicht hinterlässt ihnen eine kleine Schachtel mit großem rotem Knopf. Falls sie ihn drücken, erhalten sie eine Million Dollar. Der Haken: eine Person, die sie nicht kennen, wird auf der Stelle sterben.
Richard Kelly, Regisseur des Kulthits "Donnie Darko", wartet erneut mit einer stimmig-surrealen Mischung aus Vorstadtdrama, Fantasy und Science-Fiction auf.
Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. However pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world; someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.
Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. However pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world; someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.
