"Money" is a film with an interesting beginning: two couples are having a dinner party when a new neighbor knocks at the door and is invited by the hostess to join the party. Soon the social masks of hosts and guests fall and the real character of each player is disclosed in a cat and mouse game. Unfortunately the screenplay is absolutely flawed and the characters are non-likable and stupid (with the exception of the gardener). There are unanswered questions, like how the manipulative John knows so many details of Sylvia and Mark lives and home. The tart Christina is maybe the most stupid character. How the Sylvia, Mark and Sean discuss personal problems in front of John and Christina? What happened to Sean's car and his body? Was the police informed about his fate? My vote is three.

Title (Brazil): "Dinheiro em Jogo" ("Money at Stake")

Amazon has combined reviews of films with the same title. This is for the 2017 film.

Mark (Kellen Lutz) and Sean (Jesse Williams) work for big Pharma and are not beneath in dealing trade secrets which allows them to split $5 million dollars. Sean and Christina (Lucía Guerrero) who is Sean's girlfriend du jour, arrive for a get together with Mark and his wife Sylvia (Jess Weixler). The women do not know about the money. John (Jamie Bamber) the new neighbor shows up and changes the genre to a home break-in film.

The film was a conflict of characters. Kellen Lutz provided hit and miss acting. The drama scene in the kitchen with his wife was poorly scripted and the low spot of the feature. John and Sylvia were the likable characters, and Christina was confusedly written being educated, yet acting in a negative fashion.

Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.

Stars two corporate spies with a $5 million haul for selling secrets triggering a complex intrigue to gain the upper hand. At a countryhouse there's a reunion between a marriage : Mark (Kellan Lutz) , Sylvia (Jess Weixler) and a couple : Sean (Jesse Williams) and Christina (Lucía Guerrero) , but then things go wrong when there appears a stranger called John (Jamie Bamber) . There are only two things wrong with money: too much or too little. In greed we trust.

An intriguing film in short budget with twisted mysteries , emotion , thrills , action and suspense . This is a highly mysterious and cerebral thriller about two couples are held hostages by a thief, resulting in a game of cat and mouse , filled with plot twists , including an unexpected denouement in its ending part . From start to finish the complicated intrigue , fast-paced , thrills , and suspense result to be continuous . Hitchcock-style psychological thriller , being surprisingly good and compellingly shot . The original as well entertaining premise is overspread across the movie adding some brief conventional pitfalls . The main cast is frankly good , such as : Jesse Williams , Kellan Lutz , Jamie Bamber , Jess Weixler , Lucía Guerrero and brief appearance by Fredric Lehne as the gardener . The picture is very well , though sometimes stagy and it has a lot of turns . However , being very entertaining for its successive suspense . This mystery murder was stunningly financed by American/Spanish producers and competently realized , though in low budget . This interesting as well as suspenseful thriller displays a colorful and luxurious cinematography by director Jose Martín Rosete himself . Being shot on location in Woodbury, Long Island, Montauk , New York, Southampton, Sag Harbor, Long Island, New York, Hampton, New Jersey , USA . Adding an adequate and atmospheric musical score by Alfonso González Aguilar.

This recent film by Spanish director Martin Rosete was well and professionally directed . This was Rosete directorial debut , an American/Spanish thriller , written by Josep Ciutat and produced by Atit Shah. Rosete previously realized short movies , such as : Mexican Cuisine , Basket Bronx , Voice Over , Descenso , I Wish and was invited to the Berlinale Talent Campus at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2003 and won over 100+ awards across 300 film festival selections for Voice Over including winner of Best European sci-fi short film and nominated for a Goya (Spanish Academy Award) in 2012 . In 2018, Rosete directed Remember Me, an American-Spanish-French romantic comedy starred two-time Oscar Nominee Bruce Dern and Golden Globe Winner Brian Cox , the movie released theatrically in 2019 getting success enough . This Money (2016) is well worth watching and it packs several thrilling as well as suspenseful scenes . Rating : 7/10 , Above average ; it is a highly mysterious movie that keeps you interested and expecting.