‘Game Night’ Trailer: When Friendly Fun Turns Deadly Hilarious
The last timeRachel McAdamsgot caught up in R-rated comedy shenanigans, it was inWedding Crashersback in 2005. Now, she’s teamed up with Jason Bateman for what promises to be a deadly hilarious couples' night.
Game NightfollowsJason Batemanand McAdams as a married couple who were expecting to enjoy a weekly game night with their friends played byKyle Chandler(Super 8),Billy Magnussen(Bridge of Spies),Sharon Horgan(Catastrophe),Lamorne Morris(New Girl), andKylie Bunbury(Under the Dome). But when the game turns into an all-too-real kidnapping mystery, the night takes some strange and dangerous turns.
Game Night Trailer
This trailer hits a lot of the same beats from the first one, but it peppers some new jokes and scenes in there as well, letting Lamorne Morris and Billy Magnussen get some great lines, as well as showing us how our main characters met. But it’s Jason Bateman’s dry, sarcastic reactions that really take the spotlight. While I’m not entirely sure the movie will deliver a satisfying experience that lives up to the fantastic premise, I’m hopeful that it will at least bring some big laughs.
However, I hope that the end of this trailer isn’t spoiling the third act. As Rachel McAdams and Jason Bateman are in pursuit of the kidnapped Kyle Chandler, they’re trying to stop a plane from taking off and that seems like a pretty big setpiece that would fit well in the third act of the movie. Hopefully, there’s more to it than that. Plus, that scene also revealsMichael C. Hallin the movie for the first time and it looks like he’s playing the primary villain.
Game Nightis directed byJohn Francis DaleyandJonathan Goldstein, theSpider-Man: Homecomingwriters who were recently hired to directThe Flashfor Warner Bros. Pictures. Maybe this movie served as a bit of an audition for them to direct the comic book flick. We’ll know better when the movie arrives later this month.
