“This Game’s Called Murder” (* out of four) was a ludicrous mess about a nutjob family (Ron Perlman, Natasha Henstridge, Vanessa Marano) who’ve made their fortune selling red pumps (don’t ask) and look at the rest of the world beneath them with contempt as they try to plot a scheme to murder all consumers and customers. Writer/director Adam Sherman apparently is trying to make some satirical comments about capitalism and consumerism but it’s bludgeoned by a witless script and in-your-face acting and characters and backfires terribly. Perlman is at his hammy worst as the sadistic family patriarch; Henstridge tries to play against him by sleepwalking through her role. Hardly a “game” worth playing.

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