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RATING |
| 4 |
DIRECTOR |
| Dario Argento |
CAST |
Liam
Cunningham
Stefania Rocca
Claudio Santamaria |
YEAR |
| 2004 |
RUNTIME |
| 96 minutes |
DATE
REVIEWED |
| 7 /
16 / 04 |
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| REVIEWER: FrighT MasteR |
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CURRENT RATING:
3 SKULL(S)
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The Card Player
This
is the latest flick by legendary Italian horror director Dario Argento.
With a lot of the past stinkers from Dario's early-to-mid 90's work, then
the surprising success of his previous film Sleepless,
I figured well his next movie has gotta be better right? Wrong; this has
gotta be one of Dario's worst films. Not only is it incredibly boring,
but it also lacks any suspense or tension that we're used to feeling in
Dario's older films. Pretty much all the "tension" had to do
with the cops playing silly card games while watching the victim via a
webcam being tortured and eventually killed after every failed game.
The
story follows a female officer and her new partner assigned to help investigate
the recent murders of young women. Eventually they discover the murder
wants to play poker via an online computer, and each failed game the victim
gets something cut off, and eventually getting killed while the police
are helpless, watching. Over time they get the aid of a young man, who
seems to be nothing but pure luck to help win the games. Oooo, the suspense!
Like
I stated above, a lot of the movie takes place behind a computer. The
only times we see the stars leaving it are when they attempt to find out
where or who the killer is. Even so, the investigative tactics are lame
compared to the ones used in previous Dario films. It seems like he’s
really lost it with this movie. It seriously didn't even feel like Dario's
work, especially since the only "gore" we see is sadly towards
the end. Originally Dario's daughter Asia was supposed to be the lead,
but bailed out due to personal problems (I think). Either way, it seems
like it was a wise choice on her part. I'm just hoping Dario's last edition
to the "Three Mothers" trilogy will be like his solid old-school
stuff.
OVERALL
Sadly
one of Dario's worst. Boring movie with basically no suspense or tension.
Lame story and lack of any action and gore. Skipper.
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