Card Counter, The (Paul Schrader, 2021) Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, Willem Dafoe
I might have enjoyed this if it was actually about card counting - but that's just the protagonist's day job, and the details of how to win at gambling are all dealt with efficiently in the exposition (having been stolen, apparently, from a YouTube video). The story is really about what happened at Abu Ghraib, and what should happen to the perpetrators as a result. So it's to do with retribution (but not forgiveness.) The other manual that's referred to (and demonstrated) is to do with Enhanced Interrogation Techniques. It's a horrible film, and I recommend you don't see it.
Garry Gillard | reviews | New: 5 February, 2022 | Now: 5 February, 2022