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The Card Counter (2021)

The Card Counter (2021)

Drama Crime Thriller

He's Playing the Hand He Was Dealt.

Release Date: 2021, September 3
Directors: Paul Schrader
Countries: United Kingdom, Sweden, United States of America
Production: Redline Entertainment, LB Entertainment, Enriched Media Group, One Two Twenty Entertainment, Saturn Streaming, Astrakan Film AB, Grandave Capital
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Oscar Isaac, Billy Slaughter, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, Alireza Mirmontazeri, Shane LeCocq, Alexander Babara, Luca De Massis, Amia Edwards, Britton Webb, Bobby C. King

Overview:

William Tell just wants to play cards. His spartan existence on the casino trail is shattered when he is approached by Cirk, a vulnerable and angry young man seeking help to execute his plan for revenge on a military colonel. Tell sees a chance at redemption through his relationship with Cirk. But keeping Cirk on the straight-and-narrow proves impossible, dragging Tell back into the darkness of his past.

Keywords:

ambiguous admiring murder audacious critical revenge flashback interrogation torture gambling casino biting violence cruel provocative hopeless antagonistic adoring absurd tense dreary character study cynical foreboding somber aggressive guilt grim reflective introspective detached meditative approving motel haunted by the past ex soldier bitter military prison iraq gambler poker game atlantic city incarceration panama city