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Poker Night
When a new detective is caught by a vicious psychopath and locked in a basement, he must use the knowledge he learned from some of the best detectives at Poker Night, then match wits against his captor.
Release : | 2014 |
Rating : | 6.2 |
Studio : | Wingman Productions, |
Crew : | Art Direction, Production Design, |
Cast : | Beau Mirchoff Ron Perlman Giancarlo Esposito Corey Large Titus Welliver |
Genre : | Horror Action Thriller Crime |
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Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.
It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.
A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
Blistering performances.
Poker Night starts off with a bang and doesn't let up. It follows a somewhat frantic pace, but, by way of crafty storytelling, manages to be much more than just another mindless hack 'n' slash film. In fact, labelling Poker Night a hack 'n' slash film at all, is doing it a disservice. There is far too much thought and creativity put into the story, for that.Flashbacks are a central focus in Poker Night and they're cleverly utilized. Each veteran cop who partakes in poker night, takes the viewer on a journey back in time, imparting wisdom that directly pertains to protagonist, Beau Mirchoff's survival. What's interesting is that Mirchoff acts out each cop's flashback, rather than the cops themselves. It's a unique approach that I really enjoyed.Poker Night does an outstanding job of visual storytelling and it's cinematography suits the story perfectly. The score is equally impressive.The cast is solid, with strong performances around the table, no pun intended. I especially liked Michael Eklund as the psychotic serial killer. When unmasked, his eyes were perfect for the job. Very sick stuff.Arguably, Poker Night's greatest strength is how it merges several genres (thriller, horror, suspense, action, comedy) into one, while avoiding the whole "jack of all trades, master of none" moniker. It takes a well thought out story to accomplish this and shouldn't be overlooked.For instance, I was completely shocked in several scenes and burst out laughing in several others. Especially the killer's "family life" flashback, where he was still wearing his killing mask. I felt like a manic lunatic watching it myself. Good stuff.In closing, Poker Night is not the greatest individual thriller, horror, suspense, action or comedy movie of all time. What it is, is one of the only movies I can think of, that combines all of these genres into one film. That alone makes it unique and well worth you 105 minutes.It's fragmented yet seamless, it's tricky, it's unpredictable, it's stylish, it's clever.And most of all, it absolutely deserves a higher score than 44%. Throw in a big name actor and the score probably doubles. Again, stupid but true.Definitely recommended.
This is.....different. I don't know how to describe it any other way.If you're into your horror/thriller type of movie, and you're not looking for anything deep, but you do want a movie with lots of twists and turns, then this is for you.I liked it. I liked how the different stories played out to help create the main one.Beau Mirchoff played his character well. Halston Sage is stunning!It's not an academy award winner, but if you want a bit of fun and horror, then this is for you. You won't pick the story and how it pans out- definitely different....
Was I watching something different. So many positive reviews. If you watch it, ask yourself why does he keep wearing the mask on the front cover. Nothing more need be said. Once you notice that faux pas, you will see why the film loses it's appeal very quickly. PavlosI need to write ten lines minimum however there isn't anything more worthy writing about it. So I'm sorry to have to repeat the these lines. I need to write ten lines minimum however there isn't anything more worthy writing about it. So I'm sorry to have to repeat the these lines. I need to write ten lines minimum however there isn't anything more worthy writing about it. So I'm sorry to have to repeat the these lines.
overall a good concept with the whole poker night idea, although it is very unrealistic and stupid.A highly respected and successful veteran detective is fooled by a cute puppy taken hostage then later given a loaded gun and pushed into a room where he freezes for a moment instead of turning around and shooting the bad guy.. he gets shot and dies.Later even more stupidity another top notch detective comes to the rescue captures the bad guy and handcuffs him to the wall.. shame the dude just happens to have a set of handcuff keys on him and frees himself then blows the detectives brains out. oh almost forgot my favourite part of the movie was when the bad guy (can't even remember if he had a name) got shot during the time he was almost captured.. but then freed himself and patched himself up by putting a bandage over the top of his suit? don't know who's idea that was or what sort of message it was trying to portray but i thought it was ridiculous lolalmost turned it off a couple times but I was curious how it would end, to conclude the movie had a lot of potential but was ruined by its stupidity.