The third feature from acclaimed director Richard Kelly, The Box is based on the Richard Matheson short story "Button, Button" (which also served as the inspiration for an episode of The Twilight Zone) and stars Cameron Diaz and James Marsden as a cash-strapped suburban couple with a young child who receive a simple wooden box as a gift. A mysterious stranger (Frank Langella) delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button, while simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, the couple find themselves in the crosshairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.
Kelly's highly-rated 2001 debut Donnie Darko certainly demonstrated the director's potential, but for my money follow-up Southland Tales (2007) was a convoluted mess and had me wondering if the first movie was just a fluke. The Box could hold the answer to that question.
Check out the trailer:
The Box is released on December 4th in the UK, and hits North American screens a month earlier on November 6th.
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