Rating: NR
Genre:
Horror
Theatrical Release: 01/02/2004(Italy),
Release Date: 08/23/2005
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1/DDS2.0
Run Time: 104 Minutes
Flags: Graphic Violence, Adult Situations
Distributor/Studio: Anchor Bay
A serial killer with a knack for video poker and a taste for blood taunts a determined policewoman in director
Dario Argento's attempt to bring the traditional
giallo into the digital age. Detective
Anna Mari (
Stefania Rocca) is sitting at her desk when a message from an anonymous online gambler bearing the moniker "The Card Player" invites her to join a game of video poker. When the game screen loads,
Mari is horrified to learn that the stakes of the game are higher than she ever could have imagined, as an unidentified female in an over-pixilated web-cam window screams for her life. Though the chief initially refuses to take part in the killer's horrifying game, the death of the innocent victim leads
Mari to seek more unconventional means of tracking the murderous gambler. As the killer continues to taunt police, British policeman
John Brennan (
Liam Cunningham) is brought in to help solve the case. When the killer ups the ante by kidnapping the police chief's daughter, it's only a matter of time before the killer and
Mari herself are locked in a pulse-pounding, life-or-death game in which anyone could hold the winning hand.
~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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