{"id":6705,"date":"2021-07-28T04:51:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T04:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/movieroar.net\/movietrailers\/?p=6705"},"modified":"2021-09-10T04:52:14","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T04:52:14","slug":"remarkable-high-stakes-in-the-card-counter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movieroar.net\/movietrailers\/2021\/07\/remarkable-high-stakes-in-the-card-counter\/","title":{"rendered":"Remarkable High-Stakes in “The Card Counter”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Written and directed by Paul Schrader, The Card Counter<\/em> follows William Tell, played by Oscar Isaac. He’s a gambler and former serviceman who sets out to reform a young man seeking revenge on a mutual enemy from their past. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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00781_FP_CARDCOUNTER\nOscar Isaac stars as William Tell and Tiffany Haddish as La Linda in THE CARD COUNTER, a Focus Features release. \nCredit: Courtesy of Focus Features<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tell just wants to play cards, and his spartan existence on the casino trail shatters when he is Cirk, played by Tye Sheridan, approaches him. Cirk is a vulnerable and angry young man seeking help to execute his plan for revenge on a military colonel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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05856_FP_CARDCOUNTER Oscar Isaac stars as William Tell in THE CARD COUNTER, a Focus Features release. Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tell sees a chance at redemption through his relationship with Cirk. He tries to gain backing from mysterious gambling financier La Linda, played by Tiffany Haddish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLa Linda\u2019s game is like pimping without the sex; she has a lot of personality and her job is to make money for her investors,\u201d says Haddish. \u201cI felt as a comedian \u2014 since my job is to tickle people\u2019s souls and convince them to go on a journey with me as I tell them a story \u2014 that I could bring the necessary charisma and personality to get audiences aboard for this ride.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLa Linda is vibrant, she has vitality, and she has a life of purpose. William sees all this and finds himself drawn to this strange little trio, including Cirk,\u201d says Isaac. \u201cThey become a lifeline or surrogate family for him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tell takes Cirk with him on the road, going from casino to casino until the unlikely trio set their sights on winning the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. But keeping Cirk on the straight-and-narrow proves impossible, dragging Tell back into the darkness of his past. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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