(what is) Film: The Game

(what is) Film: The Game is a video game released in 2000 for the PlayStation and the SEGA Dreamcast. It was developed by Radical Entertainment, published by Eidos Interactive and distributed by Vivendi Universal Interactive. The game was in development since late 1999 and was intended to bring further promotion to Elliot Strange's television series.

Plot
Wes Shapiro and his friends are invited to an extravagant mansion to attend an exclusive screening. However, this turns out to be a trap devised by Les Shapiro and Jon Schroder who want to kill the gang so they could work on movies unopposed.

Gameplay
You play as each character in order. You start off in a hub world as a randomly generated character from the show and you choose whatever level you want to play (only the final level is closed off until you beat the others)

As Wes, you get to explore an open world, rescue your friends and fight various creatures from popular movies. As Allan, it acts as a shooter game where you attempt to kill guests that are actually federal agents in disguise. As Joel, the game turns into a side scroller in the same vein as Mario, where you attempt to rescue a girl from her aggressive boyfriend so she could give you advice on how to defeat Les. As Monte, it's a stealth game where you attempt to escape the building after Monte causes one of his clients to call the cops. As Wyatt, it's a beat-em-up type of game where you fight off welfare leeches in an attempt to appease to the office workers to get money. As Chelle, she's trapped in a nightmare world within her head and has to fight her inner deamons.

In the final level, everyone works together to operate a giant robot and fight Les and Jon.

Reception
The game received mixed to average reviews from critics.