The Card Player is a 2004 horror-thriller directed by Dario Argento. The film stars Stefania Rocca and Liam Cunningham and marks Argento's second giallo feature of the decade . In its Italian Theatrical release it took in 2.926.000 Euro The film features a brief role for Fiore Argento, the director's eldest daughter. She had previously appeared in her father's films Phenomena and Demoni. The Card Player centers around a serial killer known as "The Card Player" who is kidnapping young women in Rome. Using a webcam set-up, the killer challenges the police by forcing them to play hands of... Internet poker. If the police lose, the kidnapped victim is tortured and murdered on-screen. When a British tourist is among the girls murdered, policeman John Brennan is assigned the case and quickly teams up with Italian Detective Anna Mari . The duo have their work cut out for them when the Police Chief's daughter becomes the killer's latest kidnapping victim.
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| Release date: | 2004 |
| Directed by: | Dario Argento |
| Runtime: | 103 Minutes |
| Producer: | Claudio Argento, Dario Argento |
| Music by: | Claudio Simonetti |
| Cinematography: | Benoît Debie |
| Screenplay by: | Franco Ferrini, Dario Argento |
| Estimated budget: | $2,000,000 |
| Genre: | Thriller |