Rent The Card Player (2003)
2.6 of 5 from 63 ratings
1h 39min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- When a sadistic, faceless killer begins abducting young women across Rome, he issues a monstrous challenge to the police: play high-stakes poker online via webcam. Win, and the victim is released. Lose, and her execution is streamed in real-time. Inspector Anna (Stefania Rocca) and Irish Interpol Agent John Brennan (Liam Cunningham) must hunt a "ghost in the machine" predator who treats murder like a spectator sport.
- Actors:
- Stefania Rocca, Liam Cunningham, Silvio Muccino, Adalberto Maria Merli, Claudio Santamaria, Fiore Argento, Cosimo Fusco, Mia Benedetta, Giovanni Visentin, Claudio Mazzenga, Conchita Puglisi, Micaela Pignatelli, Luis Molteni, Carlo Giuseppe Gabardini, Alessandro Mistichelli
- Directors:
- Dario Argento
- Producers:
- Dario Argento
- Writers:
- Dario Argento, Franco Ferrini
- Aka:
- Il Cartaio
- Studio:
- Arrow Films
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Getting to Know: Sandra Oh
- Countries:
- Italy
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 10/08/2026
- Run Time:
- 104 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English, English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- 'Watch Me When I Kill' - Interview with Dario Argento
- 'On the Set of the Card Player'
- 'Playing the Game' - Interview with Stefania Rocca
- 'Game Over' - Interview with Fiore Argento
- 'Sharp Cuts' - Interview with Walter Fasano
- 'Taking Risks' - Interview with Franco Ferrini
- 'A Chip and a Chair' - Interview with Antonello Geleng
- 'The Killer's Choice' - interview with Elisabetta Rocchetti
- Audio Commentary by Film Historians Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 10/08/2026
- Run Time:
- 104 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English, English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 0 (All)
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- 'Watch Me When I Kill' - Interview with Dario Argento
- 'On the Set of the Card Player'
- 'Playing the Game' - Interview with Stefania Rocca
- 'Game Over' - Interview with Fiore Argento
- 'Sharp Cuts' - Interview with Walter Fasano
- 'Taking Risks' - Interview with Franco Ferrini
- 'A Chip and a Chair' - Interview with Antonello Geleng
- 'The Killer's Choice' - interview with Elisabetta Rocchetti
- Commentary by Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
