The Card Player (2004)

Original title

Il cartaio

Directed by

Dario Argento

Genre

slasher film, crime film, suspense film, mystery film, giallo, thriller film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

NR

Rating

4.4 of 10 from 237 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A police detective in Rome is forced to play a deadly online poker game with a serial killer who kidnaps young women. The killer streams the game live and the detective must win to save the victim's life.

tensesuspensefuldarkgrittymethodicaleeriecoldvisceral

What happens

The Card Player (Italian: Il cartaio) is a 2004 giallo film directed by Dario Argento. The film stars Stefania Rocca and Liam Cunningham and is Argento's second giallo feature of the decade (following Sleepless). The film features a brief role by Fiore Argento, the director's eldest daughter. She had previously appeared in her father's film Phenomena. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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