PREVIEW: The Card Counter (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis), Tiffany Haddish (Here Today), Tye Sheridan (Ready Player One), Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse), Alexander Babara (The Hunt), Bobby C. King (Starve)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Paul Schrader (First Reformed), director, writer; Lauren Mann (Swiss Army Man), Braxton Pope (The Canyons) and David M. Wulf (Inheritance), producers; Robert Levon Been (film debut) and Giancarlo Vulcano (Train Baby), composers; Alexander Dynan (After Love), cinematographer; Benjamin Rodriguez Jr. (Dog Eat Dog), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

William Tell (Isaac) is a gambler and former military interrogator who is approached by an angry young man named Cirk (Sheridan), who wants Tell’s help in executing his plan for revenge on retired Major John Gordo (Dafoe). Seeking a chance at redemption, and with help from gambling financier La Linda (Haddish), Tell takes Cirk with him on a gambling tour of Las Vegas in an attempt to dissuade the young man from violence – but soon, Tell is drawn more and more back into the world he thought he left behind…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Oscar Isaac towers over all with a commanding central performance in this gripping character study from writer-director Paul Schrader, known best for his scripts to Scorsese classics like Taxi Driver and Raging Bull.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 5TH NOVEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

Did you like this preview? Want to be updated on all the new releases every week?

Sign up to our e-mail service today, and get our latest reviews and previews sent straight to your inbox!

Search from over ten years of movies here:

Other recent reviews:

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (dir. Emma Tammi)

The possessed animatronics of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza return for more violence…

Jay Kelly (dir. Noah Baumbach)

A famous actor and his loyal manager embark on a tender journey…

Eternity (dir. David Freyne)

A love triangle in the afterlife…

Oh. What. Fun. (dir. Michael Showalter)

An overworked mother leaves her family on their own for Christmas…

It Was Just an Accident (dir. Jafar Panahi)

In Iran, a chance encounter with his former captor leads a mechanic on a moral crusade…

Blue Moon (dir. Richard Linklater)

In 1943, troubled lyricist Lorenz Hart contemplates his stalled career…

Christy (dir. David Michôd)

Christy Martin rises to prominence in women’s boxing…

Left-Handed Girl (dir. Shih-Ching Tsou)

In Taiwan, a single mother and her two young daughters open a night market stall in the city of Taipei…

Pillion (dir. Harry Lighton)

An introverted young man enters a BDSM relationship with a mysterious biker…

Zootropolis 2 (dirs. Jared Bush and Byron Howard)

In the animal-populated city of Zootropolis, Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde take on a new case…

Optimized by Optimole