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The Card Player [DVD]

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No Description Available. Genre: Horror Rating: UN Release Date: 23-AUG-2005 Media Type: DVD

Genre: Mystery & Thrillers


Format: Color, DVD, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen


Contributor: Adalberto Maria Merli, Claudio Mazzenga, Claudio Santamaria, Conchita Puglisi, Cosimo Fusco, Dario Argento, Fiore Argento, Franco Ferrini, Giovanni Visentin, Jay Benedict, Liam Cunningham, Mia Benedetta, Micaela Pignatelli, Phoebe Scholfield, Silvio Muccino, Stefania Rocca See more


Language: English


Runtime: 1 hour and 43 minutes


Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.851


Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No


MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)


Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.44 x 5.35 x 0.71 inches; 3.2 ounces


Director ‏ : ‎ Dario Argento


Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, DVD, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen


Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 43 minutes


Actors ‏ : ‎ Adalberto Maria Merli, Claudio Santamaria, Liam Cunningham, Silvio Muccino, Stefania Rocca


Studio ‏ : ‎ Starz / Anchor Bay


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    • Card Player returns Dario to top form
When Dario began to form the idea for this film going back a few years I don't think he realized how up to this movie would be for Poker is know the big rage and Dario has taken the rewards of winning to the edge and beyond, His seriel killer is up to date. The music fits right in, the cast gets high marks. Dario does not get to fancy with crazy off beat angles and strange lighting and sets which is his trademark. Do we have a knew Dario? The Card Player is Dario at his best maybe a little more. Buy it or rent it you will not be be in diapair. Welcome back Dario ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2005 by Robert H. Thomson
    • Dario Does It Again
THE CARD PLAYER isn't Argento's greatest film or ever close to it, but it is miles ahead of the worst (PHANTOM) and in fact would be perfectly entertaining if we weren't expecting something a little, I don't know, more. More gruesome? More disjointed? More garish and flooded with saturated color? The odd thing is that the film keeps getting better and better as it goes along, the set-pieces building up, the suspense growing, the attachment between the two leads growing stronger and more tender, until you actually believe they're in love. Stefania Rocca is quite an actress, and as for Liam Cunningham, he's no Liam Neeson but he works well with Rocca, they're quite natural together. They play two cops from different nations drawn together to solve a case in common, the Video Poker murders, played on a computer from a remote location in Rome, one blocked from police surveillance by firewalls. The plot calls for the police to secure the services of the nation's best poker player. But when he sits down to play, you hardly know why. Video poker must be the world's easiest game. My cat could have played the poker game with as iuch skill as young Remo exhibits. Five cards are dealt you, you get to decide which to hold and which to substitute. Big deal! You then either win or lose. It was an odd turn of the plot, but made sense visually I guess, it just seems peculiar that Stefania Rocca couldn't have played poker against "The Joker" from the very first victim, instead of dragging in Ramo against his will. Though the affection between Ramo and Anna was the best part of the film, and the scene where she catches him smoking a joint in the toilet was very sweet (and unlike anything else I can remember in Argento, same with the aftermath of the game in which Lucia's fate is decided). The young actor who plays Ramo is adorable, thin enough to slip under a doorway, but wily and a "playa." He seems like a little boy until the scene in the cafe where he lets his gonads get him into trouble deep. I don't know, I've watched Argento's films for a long time and after awhile you notice, the young actors he casts are all like Cadinot gods! What is the story with that I wonder!?!?! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2005 by Kevin Killian
    • Might as well play a killer game of Go Fish
Well I finally tried to watch this 2004 giallo from Argento despite the negative reactions I had read. This is quite a different hand from the Italian director. Although not completely horrible, it is quite a step back from Deep Red or Bird with the Crystal Plummage. Lacking in his trademark camera angles, creepy music, or vicious scenes with high impact brutality, this is actually difficult to recognize as being Dario's work. The idea of a murder mystery centered around a card game is interesting and could have some potential if developed properly. Poker is a psychological game of wits that relies on the ability to read other people. Victim's lives would be the ultimate stakes, and the police ante up and try to outplay this psychopath. Problem is, the game is video poker?!? It's outcome is much more oriented around luck. That eliminates most of the mental aspects. So much for outsmarting the bad guys. We get to see the games unfold, and the helpless victim is shown via the webcam. I expected to see some gruesome torture and mutilation scenes, but surprisingly those are all absent. Bummer. Even the music here is below Dario par. It's more of a cruddy techno sound with a synthesizer, to go with the computer vibe. Different, but hardly creepy or conducive in bringing chills. The acting was okay, but the cast didn't seem comfortable with the English language. This movie has some pretty good production values, but no vivid color schemes like we've come to expect. Everything is sorta bland. I was also really disappointed by the ending, which dragged down this mediocre film another notch. Overall, this was a quite a letdown from the Argento's norm. Passable. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2010 by C. Christopher Blackshere
    • Good mystery
I enjoy all of Dario Agento's films this was no exception.
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2021 by Andrew R. Brown
    • Goblin Lives...sort of?!?!
I am a huge Argento fan and I cant figure out why. The man has some pretty good ideas in his films but usually poor acting,dubbing & budget sink them right from the start. I think his work is fit to be remade by someone who understands & sees Argentos brilliance as clearly as a fan. I think Argento should be allowed complete creative controll & final cut of any remake someone may do. The Card Player is supposed to be a sequal to The Stendhal Syndrome however I dont see how. Other than the charactor of Anna played by two different actors no reference is made to the previous film. The Card Player is about a killer who plays high stakes poker with the police online. Unlike previous Argento films most of the violence is done off camera aiming more for suspense. Good news is Argento is less than a decade behind current film makers within this genre. Also the dubbing is minimal and not too noticeable & the acting is pretty solid. Bad news is that its all been done b4 and to greater effect. In the end Card Player may only be suitable for a fan of Argentos work but dont be deceived by the countless negative reviews floating around the net. This movie is hardly the train wreck some want you to beleive. I was mildly surprised by the turn this legendary director has taken with this new entry. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2005 by Trauma
    • One of the better of Argento's more recent efforts
A psychopath is kidnapping young women, tying them up and forcing the police to participate in games of video poker, with the stakes being the lives of the women. Yes, I'll admit, "The Card Player" is nowhere near as good as the films Dario Argento made while at his peak (the movies made in the period between "Deep Red" and "Opera", including "Suspiria", "Phenomenon" and "Tenebrae" - let's just forget about "Inferno"), but few movies are, and compared with other horror movies or even with more recent Dario Argento efforts, "The Card Player" isn't all that bad. Although made in Italy and set in Rome, "The Card Player" is made in the style of a modern American crime thriller, rather than that of an Italian "giallo". That means that even though a lot of people get tortured and murdered in this film, there isn't the over-the-top blood letting that were the trademark of some of Argento's earlier works. The incredible camera shots that, made "Suspiria" a masterpiece, are also noticeably absent. However, the plot is coherent and it kept me interested until the end. I suspect that this film may have originally been written as a sequel to "The Stendhal Syndrome", as the main characters (the female police officers) in both seem to have very similar characters and almost identical names (Anna Mari/Anna Manni). Whatever the case, if you liked "The Stendhal Syndrome" you will probably like this movie, and, infact, "The Card Player" is the better of the two. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2008 by Genevieve Hayes
    • I must be in the minority
I guess I'm one of the odd few who found this movie enjoyable. Yes, it's definitely a thriller not a horror movie as so many others have pointed out, but don't let that disappoint you. Dario Argento comes up with his usual cast of odd characters, who all have their dark sides to them that aren't immediately shown. The poker games between the killer and the police do tend to be drawn out, showing every hand and every card turn, but that's just an attempt to add to the suspense. The victim can be seen and heard, right down to their agonized screams as the killer makes good on his promise to cut a piece of them off for every hand the police lose and then killing the victim if the police lose the game. The gore factor is minimal, which is surprising for an Argento film, but there are some true moments of suspense, such as the break in on Anna's, the main character, apartment, that keep the movie going. I would definitely recommend this movie to Argento fans as well as those who like a good thriller. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2006 by Arya Stark
    • Is that all there is?
This is easily the flattest Argento movie. Admittedly, some of this is intentional: it's clear that the old master is attempting to make a `realist' thriller: gone are the crumbling piles of old Rome; the cobwebs and the faded gothic glamour - in are the pastel shades and humdrum reality of everyday modern Italy. This isn't so much of a problem, really, what is is Argento's attempt at a contemporary thriller: trying to wrap his story in what he thinks is the techno babble of today is akin to seeing your Grand Dad break dancing at a family wedding disco. Frankly, it's a little embarrassing. I don't think that Argento needs to shackle himself to the past, but, where before he emerged some of his stories in futuristic (and deliriously unlikely) sci-fi improbabilities, here he's playing with clichés: the internet is so Sandra Bullock; and that thing with the seeds found on the corpses would be great, if it hadn't been pummeled to death already in SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991). ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2010 by Michael A. Mccullough

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