'The Card Player' follows a similar vein to other Argento movies, it's slow but also manages to deliver a scare at the same time which you are only really aware of when the movie is over.
When a British woman is kidnapped, the police unit from Rome are thrown into a terrifying and horrible game of cat and mouse. The kidnapper, known only as 'the card player' taunts the police by playing games with them online. If they can win, the victim goes free, but if they lose, they are subjected to watching the victim's slow death, via webcam. This happens again and again, until a chance meeting with a young boy who is a computer wiz at online playing appears to try to save the day.
It's really quite gruesome, but acted well by Stefania Rocca who seems to put her heart and soul into the part as the investigator desperate not to lose anymore victims. Argento knows how to get under your skin, and then stay there.
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