The Card Player
– Policewoman Anna Mari is forced to play a dangerous game with the title serial killer. If she loses,..
Policewoman Anna Mari is forced to play a dangerous game with the title serial killer. If she loses, she witnesses the maniac's tortured victims having their throats cut in explicit close-up detail via webcam. She teams up with British cop John Brennan to find out the identity of the murderer.
02 Jan 2004
Italian
Dario Argento
Dario Argento (story), Franco Ferrini (story), Dario Argento (screenplay), Franco Ferrini (screenplay), Jay Benedict (dialogue), Phoebe Scholfield (dialogue)
Stefania Rocca, Liam Cunningham, Silvio Muccino, Adalberto Maria Merli
In Rome, after the abduction of a British tourist, the police inspector Anna Mari is contacted by the criminal, who self-entitles The Card Player, challenging the police department to dispute a video poker with him where the prize would be the life of the victim. The Chief of Police refuses to participate and the victim is tortured and killed in front of an Internet web cam. The British detective John Brennan is assigned to investigate the case and when another woman is kidnapped, they invite the addicted player Remo to play for the police. Anna and John lead the investigation trying to disclose who might be the serial-killer.
1 nomination.