Perfect cast and a good story

I gave it a 7.5 out of 10

Don't listen to the negative reviews

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Poker Night starts off with a bang and doesn't let up. It follows a somewhat frantic pace, but, by way of crafty storytelling, manages to be much more than just another mindless hack 'n' slash film. In fact, labelling Poker Night a hack 'n' slash film at all, is doing it a disservice. There is far too much thought and creativity put into the story, for that.Flashbacks are a central focus in Poker Night and they're cleverly utilized. Each veteran cop who partakes in poker night, takes the viewer on a journey back in time, imparting wisdom that directly pertains to protagonist, Beau Mirchoff's survival. What's interesting is that Mirchoff acts out each cop's flashback, rather than the cops themselves. It's a unique approach that I really enjoyed.Poker Night does an outstanding job of visual storytelling and it's cinematography suits the story perfectly. The score is equally impressive.The cast is solid, with strong performances around the table, no pun intended. I especially liked Michael Eklund as the psychotic serial killer. When unmasked, his eyes were perfect for the job. Very sick stuff.Arguably, Poker Night's greatest strength is how it merges several genres (thriller, horror, suspense, action, comedy) into one, while avoiding the whole "jack of all trades, master of none" moniker. It takes a well thought out story to accomplish this and shouldn't be overlooked.For instance, I was completely shocked in several scenes and burst out laughing in several others. Especially the killer's "family life" flashback, where he was still wearing his killing mask. I felt like a manic lunatic watching it myself. Good stuff.In closing, Poker Night is not the greatest individual thriller, horror, suspense, action or comedy movie of all time. What it is, is one of the only movies I can think of, that combines all of these genres into one film. That alone makes it unique and well worth you 105 minutes.It's fragmented yet seamless, it's tricky, it's unpredictable, it's stylish, it's clever.And most of all, it absolutely deserves a higher score than 44%. Throw in a big name actor and the score probably doubles. Again, stupid but true.Definitely recommended.

I found this film very entertaining. It seems to take various styles of 90's films and roll them up into one, it feels old school but at the same time it remains original and fresh. The blend of genres, its fast moving pace, the surreal flashbacks and the way it's narrated make it feel like it could be based on a graphic novel/comic book.The acting is top notch by everyone and the directing/editing was flawless.63pc is a good score on here but i would personally say it's a 6.9 verging into the early 7's. The RT and Metacritic scores are definitely too low.Watch it, it is fun and at the same time oddly quite disturbing!I'll be keeping an eye out for more of Greg Francis' stuff for sure.

First of all, what I really liked about this movie was the cinematography. It was very well shot. It took me a while to get what was going on, because the story was being delivered in chunks. This is one of those movies where you see the ending in the beginning of the movie and then the protagonist goes on to tell you how he got there. The initial confusion was a bit annoying, but that's the style of this movie. What I disliked the most were the actors. The protagonist could have been a more well-known actor such as Jason Statham instead of this young rookie in his twenties. The other actors could have been selected from among more good-looking actors, too. I'm one of those who care about how the actors look. It had elements of horror in it; i.e. torture. Some of the torture scenes were too violent for this genre, but not too explicit as to make you want to cover your eyes or anything.Another factor that could have made this movie more memorable was going for a twist, a surprise ending like in the 2003 movie "Identity". For a moment I thought there was a twist ending and I almost turned off the TV. I wish I had done that, because it didn't end and the ending was a little disappointing and the movie dragged a bit.In spite of these flaws, I think this movie is well worth watching.Final Score: 7/10

Terrible show, lots of bad acting especially the main actor who looks like a useless kid thats in high school. story line was bad, trying to give the wow effect like other movies like shutter island but failed terribly. would not recommend anyone to waste their time to watch this. U will regret. tried to be mind f@23king but turned out to be just sheet. The whole show is illogical and many of the parts were about him making stupid decisions again and again contradicting with the main theme of the movie of not making same stupid mistakes which pisses me off even more. You. Sarkk. Movie. Terrible. Wasted. My. Time. 12345678909876543212345ui987654323456787654323456765432