PREVIEW: Poker Face (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Russell Crowe (Gladiator), Liam Hemsworth (Paranoia), RZA (The Man with the Iron Fists), Elsa Pataky (Interceptor), Brooke Satchwell (Ride Like a Girl), Aiden Young (I, Frankenstein), Steve Bastoni (The Matrix Reloaded), Daniel MacPherson (Infini), Paul Tassone (Soundwave), Benedict Hardie (Upgrade), Jack Thompson (Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil), Lynn Gilmartin (Museo), Molly Grace (To All the Boys: Always and Forever)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Russell Crowe (The Water Diviner), director, writer; Stephen M. Coates (John Doe: Vigilante), writer; Addam Bramich (The First Month Is Free), Jason Clark (film debut), Mark B. David (Shadow Force), Gary Hamilton (First Reformed), Ryan Hamilton (Possessor), Keith Rodger (The Water Diviner), Jeanette Volturno (Fist of the Warrior), Matt Williams (Save the Cinema) and Ying Ye (Outcast), producers; Antony Partos (Rams) and Matteo Zingales (99 Homes), composers; Aaron McLisky (The School), cinematographer; Scott Gray (Somersault) and Matthew Woolley (film debut), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Tech billionaire Jake Foley (Crowe) hosts a high-stakes poker game for his childhood friends, with the winner walking away with more money than they ever dreamed of. However, as the evening progresses, long-held secrets are revealed as a revenge plot starts to unfold – which is soon interrupted by the arrival of some thieves…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Russell Crowe directs and co-writes (as well as stars in) this tense poker-themed thriller where the stakes are always high, to where you’ll rarely want to call his bluff as his intentions become more and more sinister.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

SATURDAY 12TH NOVEMBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON SKY CINEMA

 

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