He's Playing the Hand He Was Dealt.
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.
- 6.1
- 2021
- Released
- 1h 51m
Oscar Isaac
William Tell
Tiffany Haddish
La Linda
Tye Sheridan
Cirk
Willem Dafoe
Gordo
Alexander Babara
Mr. USA
Bobby C. King
Slippery Joe
Ekaterina Baker
Sara
Bryan Truong
Minnesota
Dylan Flashner
Sergeant Hoskins
Adrienne Lau
Crystal
Joel Michaely
Ronnie
Rachel Michiko Whitney
NancyMuhsin Fliah
Civilian Translator
Kirill Sheynerman
Prison Guard
Amia Edwards
Tournament Clerk
Britton Webb
Roger Baufort
Amye Gousset
Judy Baufort
Billy Slaughter
Lackey #1Shane LeCocq
Lackey #2
Olivia Peck
MP
Rob Eubanks
Second Player
April Alsbury
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Marlon Hayes
Poker Tournament Attendant (uncredited)Alireza Mirmontazeri
Military Guard (uncredited)
Fran Robertson
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Brittney Souther
Female Prison Guard (uncredited)Kate Lyn Whitaker
News Anchor / Female Soldier (uncredited)
Luca De Massis
Prisoner (uncredited)
Released
en
$5,040,860.00
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- #military prison
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- #revenge
- #murder
- #atlantic city
- #torture
- #poker game
- #biting
- #interrogation
- #cynical
- #guilt
- #gambler
- #ex soldier
- #character study
- #haunted by the past
- #meditative
- #detached
- #aggressive
- #hopeless
- #grim
- #somber
- #reflective
- #incarceration
- #dreary
- #introspective
- #panama city
- #provocative
- #absurd
- #violence
- #critical
- #tense
- #bitter
- #admiring
- #adoring
- #ambiguous
- #antagonistic
- #approving
- #audacious
- #cruel
- #foreboding
Reviews
A quintessentially Paul Schrader-esque movie. It certainly is not everyone's cup of tea. It's very dark and it's all in the head. Having friends, though, who survived Vietnam and another who still suffers PTSD from Iraq, I rather enjoyed this psychological drama. It brings a sense of closure to true atrocity of war.
It’s fitting that The Card Counter’s protagonist’s last name is Tell. Not because he has one (as played by Oscar Isaac, he doesn’t have a poker face so much as he is perennially inexpressive), but because writer/director Paul Schrader (unusually phoning it in) lazily favors ‘telling’ over 'showing.’ One would think that the dude who’s written or co-written arguably the top four Martin Scorsese
I'm not quite sure what I was expecting - but this rather meandering drama left me leaving the cinema asking what or whom this film was for? Oscar Isaac ("William Tell") is a gambler - a successful, under the radar kind of fellow - with a military past steeped in trauma. He encounters a young man "Cirk" (Tye Sheridan) with whom he has something in common - both men have suffered at the hands of hi
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/the-card-counter-spoiler-free-review "The Card Counter is a protagonist-driven narrative focused on a hauntingly captivating redemption arc intensely elevated by an exceptional lead performance from Oscar Isaac. The actor ends his remarkable year interpreting a complex, mysterious character with who viewers must connect in orde
A confused mess... Spoilers towards the end are flagged. The main storyline is only driven by a strange decision by an older man to invite an obviously mentally unstable 20 something year old man on an all expenses paid road trip across America... For reasons, the mentally unstable man then decides, as any guy in his early 20's when propositioned to be escorted across country in a car by a virt
I had a little trouble following the story, and I thought it was somewhat dark. I am sure there is an audience for this kind of production, but I struggled to make it to the end. On the plus side, Oscar Isaac did a good job portraying his part.⭐⭐⭐