Set in 1976, The Box tells the story of Norma and Arthur Lewis (Cameron Diaz and James Marsden), a perfectly normal couple who are living the American dream. They have a great son, a beautiful house, a loving relationship and a budget that is so over extended that they are literally living from pay cheque to pay cheque.

However, when Norma is laid off at work their entire world is on the brink of falling apart. That is until they meet the mysterious Mr Stewart (Frank Langella).

Mr Stewart delivers the couple a wooden box which has a big red button on top. He tells Norma she has to make a seemingly easy decision, to push the button or not.

However, both choices carry consequences, if she pushes the button she will receive $1million in cash and someone somewhere in the world, that she doesn’t know, will die as a result.

If she doesn’t push the button Mr Stewart will take the box and make the offer to somebody else.

He tells her she has 24 hours to make up her mind and with the clock ticking Norma must make the choice between her fate and somebody else’s.

However, she has to make her decision with the knowledge that you can’t unpush a button.

This is a film with a social conscience, a story of truth and consequences and a movie that mustn’t be missed.

With two spectacular films under his belt, Donnie Darko and Southland Tales, Kelly’s third film is arguably his most gripping.

Based on a short story by Richard Matherson (creator of The Twilight Zone) the only way to describe this story is utterly bizarre. It also has a ridiculous amount of twists and turns which keep the audience guessing until the very last frame.

However, the story is hyper complicated and needlessly convoluted by an incessant intellectualization throughout the film, but that is expected of a Kelly film.

Likewise the cinematography is absolutely spectacular and the perpetual motion of the camera and his apt choice of music coupled make this film a spooky, disturbing, but most of all amazing cinematic experience.