4 Dogs Playing Poker

Official Selection of 3 film festivals: Boston, Seattle International and Fort Lauderdale.

Pay cash, or pay with their lives. Four friends who owe $1 million to a ruthless crime lord
(Forest Whitaker) devise a desperate payback plan. Each acquires a $1-million life insurance
policy, then draws a playing card that, by agreement, will seal his or her fate. One friend will
be the secret designated killer and one will be the secret designated victim.

My Review:

I liked this a lot more than I expected to. It's about 4 losers who get picked up by Tim's character to steal an ugly looking piece of art. They screw it up, of course. Turns out that 'Felix' is not a very good crook. Poor Tim ends up dead in a VERY goulish manner. The bad guy who expected to get the artwork wants money. The 'friends' who are such losers anyway start turning on each other. It's mildly interesting to see who does whom.

Directed by: Paul Rachman

Cast:

• Balthazar Getty
• Olivia Williams
• Daniel London
• Stacy Edwards
• Tim Curry as Felix
• also John Nigel Taylor of Duran Duran & Stephen Phillip Jones of Sex Pistols

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