The Box

The Box was originally written by Richard Matheson, entitled "Button, Button", and published in Playboy in 1970.  The Warner Brother's version is based on the same premise.  A box is left on the doorstep of a family - a couple in their mid-thirties with a single child.  It contains a button.  If pressed, the couple will receive one million dollars in cash.  Consequently, someone unknown to them will die.  If they chose not to press the button, the box will be retrieved within 24 hours, "reprogrammed", and presented to another family with the same options.

This is a CREEPY MOVIE.  I cannot divulge anything else because I hate to be the spoiler, but if you enjoy a psychological thriller, and don't mind a little sci-fi and suspension of disbelief, I highly recommend this film.  It isn't often that Hollywood produces a film where the premise revolves entirely around an issue of morality.  Yes, I know, lots of films try to cram a lesson or two down our throats before the credits roll, but this one was entirely about the consequences of our choices.

So would you press the button?  Is a million in cash worth more to you than a stranger's life?  What if you were the stranger?