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Il cartaio (2004) -- A Rome policewoman teams up with a British Interpool agent to find a crafty serial killer whom plays a taunting game of cat-and-mouse with the police by abducting and killing young women and showing it over an Internet web cam.

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5.0/10   2,094 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Dario Argento (screenplay)
Dario Argento (story)
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Release Date:
2 January 2004 (Italy) more
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A serial killer with a vice for Video Poker.
Plot:
A Rome policewoman teams up with a British Interpool agent to find a crafty serial killer whom plays a taunting game of cat-and-mouse with the police by abducting and killing young women and showing it over an Internet web cam. full summary | add synopsis
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Not great Argento but not awful more (58 total)

Cast

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Stefania Rocca ... Anna Mari
Liam Cunningham ... John Brennan

Silvio Muccino ... Remo
Adalberto Maria Merli ... Police Commissioner
Claudio Santamaria ... Carlo Sturni
Fiore Argento ... Lucia Marini

Cosimo Fusco ... Berardelli
Mia Benedetta ... Francesca
Giovanni Visentin ... C.I.D. Chief
Claudio Mazzenga ... Mario
Conchita Puglisi ... Marta
Micaela Pignatelli ... Professor Terzi
Luis Molteni ... Pathologist
Carlo Giuseppe Gabardini ... Anti-Hacker #1
Alessandro Mistichelli ... Anti-Hacker #2
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Also Known As:
The Card Player (International: English title) (USA)
The Card Dealer
The Cardplayer (Australia)
Untitled Dario Argento (Italy) (working title)
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103 min
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2 out of 3 people found the following review useful.
Not great Argento but not awful, 25 October 2005
6/10
Author: lilac_point_burmese from Sydney, Australia

This movie deserves a bit more credit - it is not the best Argento film but it is certainly better than Phantom of the Opera. I think the main complaint that an Argento fan could have about this film is it is very un-Argento - it feels a bit more like a gory Ruth Rendell. However the plot is quite tight, the poker playing serial killer is a new concept that I quite appreciated, the main actress I thought was excellent, she reminded me a lot of Franka Potente. Definitely give this one a watch, its not the usual Argento style but it is still a good thriller. Do not watch this one if you are not a fan of Agatha Christie/Ruth Rendell/Inspector Morse and are expecting Argento's usual slightly bizarre edge - this is a pretty ordinary "detective trying to catch serial killer" flick.

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