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The Box (2009)

The Box (2009)

Science Fiction Thriller

You are the experiment.

Release Date: 2009, October 29
Directors: Richard Kelly
Countries: United States of America
Production: MRC, Radar Pictures, Darko Entertainment
Cast: James Marsden, Bill Buell, Cameron Diaz, Frank Ridley, John Magaro, John Franchi, Mary Klug, James Rebhorn, Frank Langella, Holmes Osborne, Lisa K. Wyatt, Celia Weston

Overview:

Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. However pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world; someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.

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