The Game Designers (2019)
A Documentary Film About the People Who Design Board Games!
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー
上映時間 : 1時間 33分
演出 : Eric Rayl
シノプシス
Board games are exploding in popularity. With scores of players, huge conventions, countless media outlets, and thousands of games coming out each year, the board game industry is truly a global phenomenon. But who makes all of the games that fuel this industry? And how are all of these games designed, developed, and eventually released to the public? The answer is found in The Game Designers!
「モンスター上司」のジェイソン・ベイトマンと「きみに読む物語」のレイチェル・マクアダムスが夫婦役で共演し、謎解きゲーム中に本物の犯罪に巻き込まれてしまった人々を描いたコメディドラマ。ゲーム好きな夫婦マックスとアニーは、週に1度、友人たちと集まって様々なゲームに興じていた。ある日、彼らはマックスの兄ブルックスが企画した謎解きゲームをすることになるが、そこへ覆面姿の男たちが侵入してきてブルックスを誘拐してしまう。しかし参加者たちは演出だと勘違いし、ゲームを攻略するべくブルックスの行方を追うが……。
1954年、ニュー・イングランドのとある地域にある大邸宅で、ディナー・パーティが開かれる。ゲストの顔ぶれは、上院議員ピーコック夫人、ワシントンのホステスとしてすご腕を発揮している。ワズワース、殺人を目のあたりにしても少しも騒がない無表情な男だ。ある重要人物の未亡人で腹黒い女ホワイト夫人、精神料医プラム教授、上品な官僚グリーン氏。いばりちらしてばかりいるマスタード大佐、セクシーでずる賢く自分の欲しいものを手に入れる術を心得ているスカーレット。他にフランス人メイド、イヴェット、ボディ氏らの面々だ。その夜、パーティーは緊張の中で開かれやがて彼らの秘密が暴かれる。
ダニーは兄のウォルターにかまってほしいためにボールを投げてふざけていると手もとが狂いボールがウォルターの顔に当たってしまう。怒ったウォルターはダニーを地下室に閉じ込めてしまうが、ダニーはそこで「ザスーラ」というボード・ゲームを見つける。
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ボードに浮かび上がった指示通りの事が現実となってしまう呪われたゲーム“ジュマンジ”をめぐるパニック・ファンタジー。100年前に封印された奇妙なボードゲームを手に入れた少年アランは友だちのサリーとゲームを始める。だが、ボードのメッセージ通りの事が起きた上、アランはどこかに消えてしまった。それから26年後、売りに出されていた屋敷に移り住んできた幼い姉弟ジョディとピーターは屋根裏部屋でそのゲーム“ジュマンジ”を発見する。
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プロの囲碁棋士テソクは、サルスのチームの陰謀により兄を亡くし、さらには殺人の寃罪をかけられてしまう。 数年後、サルスチームへの復讐を誓ったテソクは全国の有名な選手たちを集め、負ければ生きて帰ることは許されない悪名高きサルスチームに勝負を挑む。
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Young Ivan Drago's newfound love of board games catapults him into the fantastical and competitive world of game invention, and pits him against the inventor Morodian, who has long desired to destroy the city of Zyl, founded by Ivan's grandfather. To save his family and defeat Morodian, Ivan must come to know what it is to be a true games maker.
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