The deeper you get into the movie the more layers you find and realize what he's struggling with but. Wild Card has a handful of spectacular fights (choreographed by Cory Yuen), sprinkled throughout long stretches of compulsive gambling and macho brooding. The percentage of Approved Tomatometer Critics who have given this movie a positive review.
This movie can't decide if it's a bloody Vegas mob thriller or an introspective drama about a man with a "particular set of skills" who can't get out of the mess he's made of his life. Jason Statham takes on Las Vegas, but even with an Oscar-winning screenwriter, this is one gamble that just doesn't pay off. Wild Card ultimately feels like a few different movies all stuffed into one and a half hours.
It's mildly entertaining in parts, and frustratingly. Plot Nick Wild is an addict who takes strange jobs in Las Vegas as a chaperone to get rid of his addiction. Jason Statham keeps Vegas safe for the little guy in this second low-wattage adaptation of a William Goldman novel. To pinpoint the appeal of British B-movie bruiser Jason Statham, one need look no further than the place where the ball of Statham's foot, the crown of his. 'Wild Card': Movie review. Does the curdled thriller "Wild Card" represent a brief misstep? Or is this the moment when Jason Statham, like so many action heroes before him, settles into self-caricature?
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Not that Wild Card doesn't have a few vintage Stathamanical beat downs, with such items as a credit card, a tablespoon and a pair of garden shears used in ways you could only By doubling down on a movie that yearns to be both introspective and bone-crunchingly cool, Wild Card overplays its hand. This movie is much more low key than. Review of: Wild Card Review. movies: Jordan Adler.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi Movie Review. After the thunderous reception for J. He seems to have a warmer relationship with the woman who serves him coffee at his favourite diner, or even the woman who deals cards at the blackjack table, than with Holly. Name: Wild Card Director: Simon West Cast: Jason Statham, Michael Angarano, Dominik Garcia-Lorido, Hope Davis, Milo Ventimiglia, Stanley Tucci The movie is set in a stutteringly interesting noir underworld peopled by quirky characters such as bad guy Baby (Stanley Tucci), svelte blackjack.