Wild Card
this movie is based on the life of gamblers in the city of Los Angeles who use gambling as a means of survival, and the troubles they face from the underworld.
25 May 1969, Aurora, Ohio, USA
16 December 1966, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
21 January 1969, La Mirada, California, USA
10 July 1972, Barranquilla, Colombia
4 April 1981, Santa Monica, California, USA
25 June 1982, USA
23 March 1964, Englewood, New Jersey, USA
11 November 1960, Peekskill, New York, USA
8 July 1977, Anaheim, California, USA
December 18, 2015
It ain't anything new, but it's entertaining.May 01, 2015
Much of the climactic energy is focused on a series of trumped-up, ultraviolent fight sequences. Most of the narrative depth gets lost in the process.March 02, 2016
As Jason Statham action flicks go, this is one of the better ones, but it is still only going to appeal to the fans.January 29, 2015
Slow-motion knockouts follow, with Mr. Statham as sure-fisted as ever, but the "Expendables" director Simon West can only summon dead air in between.May 22, 2016
Wild Card has a handful of spectacular fights (choreographed by Cory Yuen), sprinkled throughout long stretches of compulsive gambling and macho brooding.January 29, 2015
Sadly, "Wild Card" is no royal flush, no full house, no three of a kind. A bust is I think the term I'm searching for.January 30, 2015
This film's tagline should be "Come for the stabbing, stay for the gabbing!"February 24, 2016
This is a snappily-edited film that finds a surprisingly solid middle-ground between fast action and gangster melodrama.January 30, 2015
There will be abundant laying waste of unworthy opponents, and the groans you hear will not be his.January 29, 2015
No stranger to piloting action films, West allows the yarn to unwind at a perfectly measured pace.February 04, 2015
It's hard to not feel a slight sense of disappointment when what looks like a steaming hot slab of fresh action filmmaking hot off the grill turns out to be microwaved leftovers.