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Poker Night, released in the UK as The Joker, is a 2014 crime thriller film that was written and directed by Greg Francis.[1] Released to video on demand on 5 December 2014, it had a limited theatrical release on 20 December.[2][3] Filmed in British Columbia, Poker Night centers on a rookie detective who attends an annual poker night held by veteran police officers, where each one details how they captured a murder suspect.[4]
Stan Jeter (Beau Mirchoff) is a new detective invited to play a game of poker with several veteran police officers and detectives. Each tells Stan about the insights they gained from murder cases they investigated, which turns out to be invaluable when Stan is captured and imprisoned by a vicious, anonymous assailant (Michael Eklund). Imprisoned with Amy (Halston Sage), the daughter of a police officer, Stan must use the stories of his fellow poker players to find a way for them both to escape.
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Home mediaedit
Poker Night was released on DVD and Blu-ray by Xlrator on February 10, 2015.[5]
Critical responseedit
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Poker Night holds an approval rating of 50%, based on 10 reviews, and an average rating of 5.39/10.[6] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 35 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[7]
Dennis Harvey of Variety gave Poker Night a negative review, highlighting its "near-indigestible mix of tricky Pulp Fiction-esque structural convolution, torture-porn tropes and a somewhat distasteful level of snark, making for a self-satisfied puzzle that most viewers will run out of patience trying to unravel."[8] Martin Tsai from Los Angeles Times said the film "brings to mind so many forgettable thrillers from the 1990s, films that aimed to impress stylistically but ultimately were met with indifference."[9] Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter, commended the acting, and "somewhat anthology feel", but criticized the endless voiceover narration, "jumbled timeline", and reliance on genre tropes. Scheck concluded that "although it features plenty of entertaining moments along the way, in the end Poker Night feels like a cheat."[10] Patrick Cooper from Bloody Disgusting felt that the film showed promise and featured good performances, but was ruined by its nonlinear narrative, and inconsitent tone.[11]
The film was not without supporters. Matt Molgaard from HorrorFreakNews rated it 3.5 out of 5 stars, writing, "Poker Night may not satisfy those in search of the goriest film of the year, but anyone up for a unique viewing experience, a strong cast and a damn sharp villain are going to find Poker Night to be more than simply adequate."[12] Matt Boiselle of Dread Central rated it 4 out of 5 stars, commending the film's performances, interwoven stories, and villain.[13]
^Woods, Kevin. "Trailer and key art for Greg Francis' Poker Night, starring Ron Perlman". JoBlo. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
^Hunter, Rob. "'Pioneer' and 'Poker Night' Both Start With 'P' and Open This Friday, But Are They Thrillers Worth Seeing?". Film School Rejects. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
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This article is missing information about the film s production and theatrical release Please expand the article to include this information Further details may exist on the talk page November 2019 Poker Night released in the UK as The Joker is a 2014 crime thriller film that was written and directed by Greg Francis 1 Released to video on demand on 5 December 2014 it had a limited theatrical release on 20 December 2 3 Filmed in British Columbia Poker Night centers on a rookie detective who attends an annual poker night held by veteran police officers where each one details how they captured a murder suspect 4 Poker NightTheatrical release posterDirected byGreg FrancisWritten byGreg FrancisProduced byCorey LargeStarringRon EldardBeau MirchoffRon PerlmanGiancarlo EspositoCinematographyBrandon CoxEdited byHoward E SmithMusic byScott GlasgowProductioncompanyWingman ProductionsDistributed byXLrator MediaRelease datesDecember 5 2014 2014 12 05 VOD December 20 2014 2014 12 20 theatrical release Running time104 minutesCountriesUnited States CanadaLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Release 3 1 Home media 3 2 Critical response 4 References 5 External linksPlot editThis article needs an improved plot summary Please help improve the plot summary February 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Stan Jeter Beau Mirchoff is a new detective invited to play a game of poker with several veteran police officers and detectives Each tells Stan about the insights they gained from murder cases they investigated which turns out to be invaluable when Stan is captured and imprisoned by a vicious anonymous assailant Michael Eklund Imprisoned with Amy Halston Sage the daughter of a police officer Stan must use the stories of his fellow poker players to find a way for them both to escape Cast editBeau Mirchoff as Stan Jeter Ron Perlman as Calabrese Giancarlo Esposito as Bernard Corey William Large as Davis Titus Welliver as Maxwell Halston Sage as Amy Ron Eldard as Cunningham Michael Eklund as The Man Kieran Large as Shawn AllenRelease editThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it November 2019 Home media edit Poker Night was released on DVD and Blu ray by Xlrator on February 10 2015 5 Critical response edit On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes Poker Night holds an approval rating of 50 based on 10 reviews and an average rating of 5 39 10 6 On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 35 out of 100 based on 5 critics indicating generally unfavorable reviews 7 Dennis Harvey of Variety gave Poker Night a negative review highlighting its near indigestible mix of tricky Pulp Fiction esque structural convolution torture porn tropes and a somewhat distasteful level of snark making for a self satisfied puzzle that most viewers will run out of patience trying to unravel 8 Martin Tsai from Los Angeles Times said the film brings to mind so many forgettable thrillers from the 1990s films that aimed to impress stylistically but ultimately were met with indifference 9 Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter commended the acting and somewhat anthology feel but criticized the endless voiceover narration jumbled timeline and reliance on genre tropes Scheck concluded that although it features plenty of entertaining moments along the way in the end Poker Night feels like a cheat 10 Patrick Cooper from Bloody Disgusting felt that the film showed promise and featured good performances but was ruined by its nonlinear narrative and inconsitent tone 11 The film was not without supporters Matt Molgaard from HorrorFreakNews rated it 3 5 out of 5 stars writing Poker Night may not satisfy those in search of the goriest film of the year but anyone up for a unique viewing experience a strong cast and a damn sharp villain are going to find Poker Night to be more than simply adequate 12 Matt Boiselle of Dread Central rated it 4 out of 5 stars commending the film s performances interwoven stories and villain 13 References edit Patten Dominic Revolution s Giancarlo Esposito Joins Indie Poker Night Deadline Retrieved 25 December 2014 Woods Kevin Trailer and key art for Greg Francis Poker Night starring Ron Perlman JoBlo Retrieved 25 December 2014 Hunter Rob Pioneer and Poker Night Both Start With P and Open This Friday But Are They Thrillers Worth Seeing Film School Rejects Retrieved 25 December 2014 Harvey Dennis Film Review Poker Night Variety Retrieved 25 December 2014 Poker Night 2014 Greg Francis Allmovie com Allmovie Retrieved 5 November 2019 Poker Night 2014 Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes com Fandango Media Retrieved 5 November 2019 Poker Night reviews Metacritic CBS Interactive Retrieved 5 November 2019 Harvey Dennis Poker Night Review A Losing Hand Variety Variety com Variety Magazine Retrieved 5 November 2019 Tsai Martin Review Poker Night deals a poor hand with few high cards Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Retrieved 5 November 2019 Scheck Frank Poker Night Film Review HollywoodReporter com The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved 5 November 2019 Cooper Patrick Review Poker Night Builds Up and Tears Itself Down Bloody Disgusting BloodyDisgusting com Bloody Disgusting Retrieved 5 November 2019 Molgaard Matt Poker Night 2014 Review HorrorFreakNews com Horror Freak News Retrieved 5 November 2019 Boiselle Matt Poker Night 2014 Dread Central DreadCentral com Dread Central Retrieved 5 November 2019 External links editPoker Night at AllMovie Poker Night at IMDb nbsp Poker Night at Metacritic nbsp Poker Night at Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Poker Night film amp oldid 1213988048, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
