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Dario Argento (screenplay)
Dario Argento (story)
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Release Date:
2 January 2004 (Italy) more
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A serial killer with a vice for Video Poker.
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A Rome policewoman teams up with a British Interpool agent to find a crafty serial killer whom plays a taunting game of cat-and-mouse with the police by abducting and killing young women and showing it over an Internet web cam. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Stefania Rocca | ... | Anna Mari | |
| Liam Cunningham | ... | John Brennan | |
| Silvio Muccino | ... | Remo | |
| Adalberto Maria Merli | ... | Police Commissioner | |
| Claudio Santamaria | ... | Carlo Sturni | |
| Fiore Argento | ... | Lucia Marini | |
| Cosimo Fusco | ... | Berardelli | |
| Mia Benedetta | ... | Francesca | |
| Giovanni Visentin | ... | C.I.D. Chief | |
| Claudio Mazzenga | ... | Mario | |
| Conchita Puglisi | ... | Marta | |
| Micaela Pignatelli | ... | Professor Terzi | |
| Luis Molteni | ... | Pathologist | |
| Carlo Giuseppe Gabardini | ... | Anti-Hacker #1 | |
| Alessandro Mistichelli | ... | Anti-Hacker #2 |
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Also Known As:
The Card Player (International: English title) (USA)
The Card Dealer
The Cardplayer (Australia)
Untitled Dario Argento (Italy) (working title)
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103 min
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Canada:16+ (Quebec) | UK:18 | USA:Not Rated | Argentina:18 | Netherlands:16 | France:U | Australia:MA | Italy:VM14 | Singapore:M18 | Germany:16
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Of course it's not Dario's best, but it's not his worst. I give it a 5.5, leaning more on the 6 side.
Anna Mari (Taras Kostyuk) is a policewoman working with an Irish policeman (Liam Cunningham) and a young poker champ (Silvio Muccino) to catch a killer who kills his young female victims if the police loose a game of video poker.
This movie seems like an okay mix of "Silence of the Lambs", "Saw 2", and "CSI".
The music, like in all of Darios films, is great. The look of the dead bodies are also fantastic and spooky.
However, Phoebe Scholfield and Jay Benedict (both first time writers) did a horrible job of the dialogue. In fact, I didn't like most of the writing. It was confusing at times but as long as you don't think too deep into it, you can enjoy this as a neat little screaming-and-crying-girl flick with great special effects and so-so kills. They're so-so because most of them are offscreen and similar, but towards the end they get great and unique.
So you could easily enjoy this if you just want to pass the time, but don't expect another Argento classic.