This is mainstream Richard Kelly.
A married couple who are apparently strapped for cash however their house is massive and the husband drives a stingray corvette? receive a mysterious box in the mail with a large red button on it. Later they are visited by a dapper disfigured stranger who explains if they press the button they will receive 1 million bucks but someone they don't know will die.
Cameron ends up pressing it and some mysterious shit goes down but kind of obvious mysterious shit. It's as if studios would only let Richard Kelly make another film after Southland Tales if he told a linear story with unnecessary explanation along the way for any weirdo bits.
The 70s setting never feels natural (like Cameron Diaz's face) and I kept waiting for a musical number to kick in to liven things up but nope, he manages to sneak in watery portals and another explanation book a la the history of time travel but no musical number this time.
Orange face Cameron Diaz is terrible and can't remember his face because he's too boring James Marsden is .. ? I can't even remember he is so bland. Frank Langella is the only stand out and that's due mostly to his snazzy suit and burnt out face.
I like this story, questioning how people can do something terrible as long as they can't actually see it happen but it's a short story not a 2 hour movie. The casting is terrible really terrible. Maybe with better suited actors this would be a more enjoyable thing to watch but as is it doesn't work.
NO - People walked out of this because it was so boring.
