David Fincher's far superior The Game, in which millionaire Nicholas van Orton is made to endure a thorough ordeal of a "game" but only to experience catharsis in the end, took the main character to hell and back - he even wakes up penniless in a grave in a Mexican cemetery at one stage - but in Nerve, Emma Roberts' Vee is - at lunchtime - introduced to the online game of public nuisance, 'Nerve' - a massive multiplayer online game "that can't be shut down" despite it resulting in teenage deaths - and later that same day, she has already experienced Kim Kardashian fame, crushing Nicholas van Orton defeat, has become involved in a ridiculous 'Nerve' grand finale (remember, this is a game that has existed since long before lunchtime) and later that night, she has also successfully shut down the game site, making "Nerve" a bit like three volumes of The Hunger Games or The Maze Runner all in one afternoon...and apart from Juliette Lewis' strong but sadly unnecessary performance as mom, the movie will get on your nerves.
★☆☆☆☆
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