The Card Counter

2021 Action/Adventure | Drama | Suspense/Thriller
62%

Tell (Isaac) just wants to play cards. His spartan existence on the casino trail is shattered when he is approached by Cirk (Sheridan), a vulnerable and angry young man seeking help to execute his plan for revenge on a military colonel (Dafoe). Tell sees a chance at redemption through his relationship with Cirk. But keeping Cirk on the straight-and-narrow proves impossible, dragging Tell back into the darkness of his past.

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by Brian Lloyd
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'The Card Counter' delivers an ace performance from Oscar Isaac

William Tell (Oscar Isaac) is a professional gambler, who moves from casino to casino and makes his living from his winnings and lives anonymously. When confronted by the son of a former colleague (Tye Sheridan) with a plan for revenge against a man (Willem Dafoe) who wronged them both, he begins to examine his violent past and the moral weight of what he's done...

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