The Card Player

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The Card Player
Review added by
David Beckett

A serial killer with a vice for Video Poker
Certificate: 18
Running Time: 99
Retail Price: £15.99
Release Date: 22/03/2010
Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
A serial killer is on the loose in Rome, kidnapping women and using them as the stake in a series of deadly games of poker played with the police over the internet. If the police win, the victim is set free; if they lose, the victim dies and the police are rewarded with a gruesome video of the murder being committed. When a British tourist becomes involved, disgraced Irish cop John Brennan (Liam Cunningham) is sent to Rome to investigate. There, he teams up with Anna Mari (Stefania Rocca), the no-nonsense Italian detective heading up the investigation. Once they set about tracking down the killer, they are forced to play the game themselves, but the stakes are raised even higher when a police chief's daughter (Fiore Argento) is abducted and it becomes apparent the 'Card Player' knows more about Anna than she would like.

Special Features:
• Double sided sleeve featuring new artwork
• Exclusive collector's booklet
• Poster
• 'The Making of The Card Player' featurette
• 'The Card Player' promo
• Trailer
• Dario Argento trailer gallery