Well actually it's just a study in Toxic masculinity. Both characters are alphas males. Luke is a passive, do gooder, masquerading as an alpha male and Emily is an Alpha male masquerading as a trophy girlfriend.
When both of their true personalities are exposed by Emily winning a posititin that Luke thought he would get, everything goes wrong. Luke get's even weaker and Emily turns into everything they hate about their bosses. It culminates into two violent acts portrayed by both characters that once again exposes their true personalities.
In a weird way Fair Play is a very similar but not as effective as GONE GIRL. I say not as effective because Gone Girl is a true thriller . Fair play attempt to set the same scenario in a more realistic setting as corporate America. Which makes it more of a a film about two toxic people . What I like about Gone Girl is that it goes all in when it portrays the psychotic behavior of both characters. FAIR PLAY on the other hand, Toys with the idea of both Luke and Emily being psychotic but never explores it. Both violent scenes seem out of place. They have been together for two years and the viewers get no signs that these characters would do what they did. I give it six because of the performances and direction but it loses 4 points for it's weak writing.
When both of their true personalities are exposed by Emily winning a posititin that Luke thought he would get, everything goes wrong. Luke get's even weaker and Emily turns into everything they hate about their bosses. It culminates into two violent acts portrayed by both characters that once again exposes their true personalities.
In a weird way Fair Play is a very similar but not as effective as GONE GIRL. I say not as effective because Gone Girl is a true thriller . Fair play attempt to set the same scenario in a more realistic setting as corporate America. Which makes it more of a a film about two toxic people . What I like about Gone Girl is that it goes all in when it portrays the psychotic behavior of both characters. FAIR PLAY on the other hand, Toys with the idea of both Luke and Emily being psychotic but never explores it. Both violent scenes seem out of place. They have been together for two years and the viewers get no signs that these characters would do what they did. I give it six because of the performances and direction but it loses 4 points for it's weak writing.