Dudes play paper, scissors, stone for 2 hours. No, really!
I went blindly into this after seeing the rating. Sometimes, I prefer to not know what a film's about so it can surprise me... unfortunately, the only surprises here were that Micharl Douglas is in it and that some clown thought blokes playing a simple card game *to the death*, would be a good idea!
Some geezer has mental issues: he imagines himself turning into a clown and killing everyone he doesn't like, which he accepts as being okay by dehumanising them literally, as they all become monsters in his head.
While this all looks absolutely amazing - and for those who love crap like Transformers, prepare to be blown away! - for those of us who require a tad of mental stimulation, it's all a pointless distraction from the fact that, if you hate films about poker, like I do, this is 10x worse!
The set-up to the card games is competent, the nurse actress is super cute and I'm sure the male lead was picked to appeal to 13 year old girls, but, aside from this and the admittedly, astonishingly good CGI, there's absolutely nothing to recommend.
I actually turned this off just less than an hour from the end, when I decided that the hour I'd already given it was too much.
Knowing that they play paper, scissors, stone to the death, you can now decide for yourself whether or not you'll even give this film 5 minutes.
Some geezer has mental issues: he imagines himself turning into a clown and killing everyone he doesn't like, which he accepts as being okay by dehumanising them literally, as they all become monsters in his head.
While this all looks absolutely amazing - and for those who love crap like Transformers, prepare to be blown away! - for those of us who require a tad of mental stimulation, it's all a pointless distraction from the fact that, if you hate films about poker, like I do, this is 10x worse!
The set-up to the card games is competent, the nurse actress is super cute and I'm sure the male lead was picked to appeal to 13 year old girls, but, aside from this and the admittedly, astonishingly good CGI, there's absolutely nothing to recommend.
I actually turned this off just less than an hour from the end, when I decided that the hour I'd already given it was too much.
Knowing that they play paper, scissors, stone to the death, you can now decide for yourself whether or not you'll even give this film 5 minutes.
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