It stars Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams and follows a group of friends whose game night turns into a real-life mystery after one of them is kidnapped.
Hall , and Kyle Chandler. Warner Bros. Pictures released the film on February 23, Max and Annie Davis are avid gamers who met at bar trivia and became engaged during charades. The couple's plans for a baby are complicated by Max's feelings of inadequacy compared to his successful brother, Brooks. They regularly host a game night with their friend Ryan and married couple Kevin and Michelle Sterling, while struggling to keep it secret from their socially awkward police officer neighbor Gary Kingsbury, especially after his painful divorce from their friend Debbie.
Brooks arrives in Max's dream car, humiliates him with a childhood story, and offends Annie who assumed Max was overthinking his issues with Brooks by offering to host the next game night himself.
When the guests, including Ryan's new date Sarah, arrive at Brooks's rental house, Brooks reveals he has initiated an interactive role-playing mystery game.
The winner is promised his Corvette. An actor enters to begin the game, but is knocked unconscious by two masked men who kidnap Brooks. Believing this is part of the game, the couples passively observe the fight and split up to solve the mystery.
