A quick glimpse at the cast for this film would make any horror fan giddy with glee. The actual movie doesn't live up to those high expectations, but it's far from being all bad. Desi Arnaz Jr. (!) plays an author who makes a crazy $20,000 bet with his publisher that he could write a great novel in only 24 hours. To do so, the publisher gives him the keys to an old abandoned house where he won't be disturbed. Not true. Once he gets there he is interrupted by a multitude of guests including a family which consists of John Carradine, Sheila Keith, Peter Cushing and Vincent Price. They are gathered there in a twisted family reunion to release their brother from the room he's been imprisoned in for forty years. Even Christopher Lee drops by as Corrigan, the man who has just purchased the house. Soon, they realize that the caged brother is loose and out for revenge.
What a great plotline and what a dream cast! This movie should have been a hell of a lot better. It's hard to pinpoint the exact problems with the film, but I would venture to say that the lack of lighting was a major fault. Sure the house has no electricity but I think they took the title of the movie a little too literally. Scenes after scenes are barely visible and the actors' faces are undecipherable. Only the moments in the main dinning hall are well lit. Also, the great actors are given very little to do. Cushing gets a few chuckles as the scared brother but Price, Lee and especially Carradine are somewhat wasted here. Well, at least Price gets the best line of the film: `Please don't interrupt me while I am soliloquizing.' And on the plus side, the story has enough twists and turns throughout to keep one`s interest and the ending, while a bit of a cop-out, manages to surprise.
“I don’t play celebrity gambling,I play anonymous gambling”
馬丁團隊的四不像劇作，似曾相識的專業賭戲+出租車司機翻版再翻版；編劇不適合當導演重要的事說三遍，被一幕幕“杯中酒”支配的感覺太詭異了…
why！！！！！！went through so many trouble for 伐木内
关于赌博和虐囚部分都很不错 但主角帮助男孩和放弃比赛的动机仍然缺乏必然性
It's not bad, ”but…it's repetitive. ”
要不是Oscar还真的看不下去
音乐不错。除此之外，一部无聊的烂片，导演故弄玄虚，可惜很多内容不能引起共鸣。很多枝枝蔓蔓毫无意义。为什么很多人推崇呢，实在搞不懂。烂片。
美国的赌场太丑了，丑到不适合认真地拍摄，马丁Casino里浮夸的内饰和配色，用夸张掩盖了审美上的不适，再加上年代滤镜，自有一种浮夸复古范；电影里写实拍摄的当代赌场让我对类似Vegas场所的厌恶毫无保留地涌出来了。
来自维基：“电影2020年2月24日在密西西比州比洛克西展开主要拍摄。2020年3月16日，一名从洛杉矶飞来的小配角演员被检验出COVID-19阳性反应，使拍摄在五天后暂停。拍摄于2020年7月6日恢复，7月12日宣告杀青。”
5.0分，叙事方式以及文本人设的枯燥导致观影感受很无趣。应该有更好的呈现方式。
赌场为障眼法，重要的是对两座监狱截然不同的描绘方式，创伤由此展示切口。片尾反在空间隔阂中，用指尖的相连扣了题，精彩。奥斯卡·伊萨克分外迷人。
男人充满了黑暗的历史，饱受精神的折磨，在逆境中自我救赎，还要挽救年轻人（《文科恋曲》是拯救处女，本作是拯救傻逼复仇男孩），不惜双手沾血，手刃威廉达福（影帝别接这种烂片了吧），还有拿一丝不苟后背的油头，重复使用的鱼眼镜头，强行扭结的酷刑与牌局，实在给不出及格分。
要不是Oscar还真的看不下去
这部电影的主导就有问题，是战争创伤吗？可是他们没有真正的反思，奇克的父亲不是因为虐囚自责而自杀，却是因成为了别人的替罪羊心理不平才自杀……所以此后的一切都毫无意义，只是在歪打歪撞。
何必要这么讲故事呢？导演应该把自己家里都包上白布，然后拿个黑笔满屋子把意淫构思都画上涂鸦就好了，怎么还能拉投资，叫上几个演员呆若木鸡一样的演一场给观众看呢？
行走江湖的传说，一段悲痛回忆背后的成长，带有浓厚大卫林奇风格的镜头语言和配乐，却是有些一丝斯科塞斯的人物设定，堪称精彩
冤有头债有主。
和赌博毫无关系，本质上是一种治愈PTSD，虽然那不时出现的叹息与鱼眼镜头下的迷幻营造了一种身不我随的不适感，但还不如去看一遍出租车司机
救赎——一个稳定的母题，施拉德的每一部主角都是同一个男人的影子
几乎所有喜欢的镜头都剪在预告片里了。taxi driver的味道吗？有那么一点，不足以支撑我喜欢这部电影。
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