The Card Player details
| Format: | 18 DVD |
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| Starring: | Stefania Rocca, Claudio Santamaria, Liam Cunningham |
| Director: | Dario Argento |
| Genre: | Thriller - Horror |
| Studio: | ARROW FILMS |
| Name | Discs | |
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The Card Player |
18 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 36 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 01 Dec 2004 |
| Main languages: | English |
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From behind the hands
By FrankIV (505 reviews) from Cirencester, England , 05 Jan 2005[Highly rated reviewer]
It's good to see Argento back and on form with as nasty a little thriller as you could wish to see.
It's all plot-driven, so don't expect characterisation, but it belts along at quite a pace, the suspense is terrific and the forensic effects are suitably foul.
The best things about this film, as always with this director, are the set-piece suspense sequences and the fabulously insidious, creepy music - something of a trademark.
For those who like this sort of thing - you'll like this.- Was this review helpful to you?
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By a customer from UK , 23 Jun 2008Excellent story but the acting did not match. It seemed as though it was from a sixties B rated film and very amateurish. It's OK if you are maybe bored one rainy afternoon- Was this review helpful to you?
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Dario Argento what happend?
By a customer from London , 06 Nov 2007Do not waste your time on this film. I am a huge fan of Dario Argento's films but this one must be the worst case of getting everything wrong. Nothing in this film works, terrible script, terrible actors and I hate to say it... terrible director. Argento used to make good films, what happend?- Was this review helpful to you?
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Very underrated
By Richard King from Nottingham , 18 Apr 2007Ok I'm fully aware that Dario Argento has made some bad films since his heyday but contrary to popular belief this isn't one of them. Fans bemoaned the lack of gore, and the TV feel of the film but it's actually beautifully shot in muted colours and the brief glimpses of violence are all the better for it.
The performances are also good from the two leads. Add to this a terrific, out-there 'Argentian' concept to hang the film on (his best since the needles on the eyelids), a couple of brilliant set pieces and a solid, modern soundtrack from Claudio Simonetti and you have a quality addition to the Argento filmography which even the slapstick silent movie climax can't ruin. Great.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Abysmal!
By Desy (27 reviews) from Carrickfergus , 14 Oct 2006Albeit based on the opening 35 mins - couldn't make it any farther! Argento's legendary movies were a little thin on plot-development and characterization [to say the least], but the sublime photography/colours, set-pieces and operatic violence left little time to dwell on such flaws; instead we marvelled in the dreamlike [or should that be nightmarish?] compositions of a visual genius… at the time. “The Card Player” is a country-mile away from those aforementioned qualities… instead we have what could pass as an extremely poor television cop show – complete with an abundance of clichés and some of the worst dialogue I’ve ever heard. It also looks washed-out and dull…
Argento hasn’t made a film worthy of recommendation since the pretty good “Opera” – which is getting on 20 years. The proposed “Mother of Tears” has fans salivating in hope Dario can recreate the past-glories of “Suspiria” and “Inferno” [in the context of this post]… but I have lost any inkling of positivity I used to cling on to…- Was this review helpful to you?
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Good plot...shame about the acting...
By Benjw999 from Greater Manchester , 29 Mar 2006The plot made up for the rather questionable ability of its cast.
With the exception of Liam Cunningham, the acting ability of the remaining cast was cringe worthy at times and at times akin to the talent you would expect to find at a school play.
Nonetheless, the plot held the film together and prevented me regretting hiring the film!
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