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Rating: 5.5 stars

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The Card Player (2004)

Directed by Dario Argento

Thriller | Crime | Horror

Overview

Policewoman Anna Mari is forced to play a dangerous game with the title serial killer. If she loses, she witnesses the maniac’s tortured victims having their throats cut in explicit close-up detail via webcam. She teams up with British cop John Brennan to find out the identity of the murderer.

Rated NR | Length 103 minutes

Actors

Stefania Rocca | Liam Cunningham | Silvio Muccino | Cosimo Fusco | Fiore Argento | Adalberto Maria Merli | Claudio Santamaria | Mia Benedetta | Giovanni Visentin | Claudio Mazzenga | Conchita Puglisi | Micaela Pignatelli | Luis Molteni | Carlo Giuseppe Gabardini | Alessandro Mistichelli | Francesco Guzzo | Pier Maria Cecchini | Jennifer Poli | Elisabetta Rocchetti | Irene Quagliarella | Vera Gemma | Ulisse Minervini | Antonio Cantafora | Mario Opinato | Gualtiero Scola | Robert Madison | Emanuel Bevilacqua | Robert Dawson | Adriana Fonzi Cruciani | Carla Fonzi Cruciani | Elena Falgheri | Michele Pellegrini | Isabella Celani | Fiore Cosimo | Lynn Swanson | Franco Vitale

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Reluctant to give this a higher score despite being a decent crime thriller. The plot gets silly esp. towards the end. The dialogue is so damn goofy and overdone that it does not sound nor feel realistic given the situation. Really takes you out of the movie when characters say stupid things. It’s Argento’s method of overemphasizing everything that somehow will translate into emotion. Sadly works the opposite here.

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