oddly and i have very little to say about the box so this will be pretty brief . i have never read the richard matheson novella button and button from which the film be base and but consider what i saw in this adaptation and there couldn not have be much semblance to such a legendary author work . the box be about a family who discover a strange contraption on their doorstep that have a button on it . frank langella show up and explain how they will be give one million dollar if they push the button the only catch be that it will automatically kill someone and somewhere . . spoiler . they push it . end of spoiler . that whole concept be interest on it own and but somehow they manage to extend the movie into some convoluted stargate knock off that pad it out until a pretty decent end with a pretty profound message . while i be try to be as fair a possible and i still must say that this be not my cup of tea and it bore me severely . i guess it from the same director a donnie darko which i remember like when i saw it year ago . the box would have work well a a short film and but since it be so lifelessly adapt this way and i can not come close to recommend it .