David Fincher Regrets Making This Mind-Bending ’90s Thriller — He Couldn’t Be More Wrong 

In a 2014 interview with Playboy, director David Fincher expressed regret for making The Game, his 1997 thriller starring Michael Douglas. The film came just two years after his breakthrough with Se7en and two years before he would make the controversial cult classic Fight Club. It’s easy to see why Fincher might have regrets; The Game doesn’t have the same level of cultural cachet as the films in which it’s book-ended. But Fincher might also be too harsh.The Game holds up as a thrilling and intense ride that builds on Fincher’s previous work and shows flashes of the greatness that propelled the rest of his career.