The main character is Dr. Max Holst, a successful neurosurgeon. One day an intense little man named Steinmetz shows up, who has the real ability to create objects out of thin air, using only his mind. As no one believes him at first, he is held at a ward for mental patients, but manifests the key to his door and escapes. As he has a special interest in Dr. Holst, Steinmetz subsequently invites Holst to his large mansion, which is full of expensive paintings and sculptures, and proves to him that he can in fact materialise objects. Steinmetz’s abilities are evolving by leaps and bounds, and is progressing from being able to create objects only to being able to create living things. His ultimate ambition is to be able to create a human being. He tells Dr. Holst that if he will only perform a certain brain operation on him, Steinmetz will become able to attain his goal. He’s got all the necessary equipment set up in his basement. Dr. Holst, however, is too spooked by the whole thing to agree to this mad scheme, and refuses. Steinmetz then sets about manipulating Holst’s life, to pressure him into performing the operation. By then Steinmetz has become able to create a temporary human being, and in the hope that he can perhaps make his own creation perform the operation, he manifests a doppelganger of Dr. Holst. This double proceeds to take over Dr. Holst’s life, creating chaos for him professionally and personally. And then Dr. Holst starts fighting back. The ending has the dual virtue of being both unexpected and satisfying.
威尼斯主竞赛的片子，看片名以为是讲赌博的，实际却是自我救赎的故事…剧情设计有亮点，但整体讲的很平淡，爱情线更是有点莫名，好在Oscar Isaac是真的帅…
无法理解这种电影在拍什么也很难理解我为什么要浪费两个小时来看这种伪赌博下的慢叙事。will的内心戏极其丰富，奥斯卡依萨克的表演特别稳，又帅又迷人。算牌人的自我救赎和轮回境遇，最后就如同开始的一脸疑惑和最后的一脸困惑一样他们对视。
拯救他人可以安慰自己的创伤，然而事与愿违，选择直面才是最好的方式，片尾回到了监狱，就是自我疗愈的修行。鱼眼长镜头和结尾都是漂亮的戏，但是其它部分散而沉闷，女主这个人物比较尬。
很古早味的气质，施拉德老爷子一贯喜欢讲的故事
一直以为旅馆用布包住会发生什么，结果啥也没有......
出租車司機變成了玩牌高手，失足少女變成了暴躁少年。主角對於救贖的認知和執行真是很上世紀的浪漫了。愛情線讓我滿頭問號。奧斯卡，好辣好辣。
很意外很惊喜，空间的推拉固定，对观众的勾引挑衅，氛围的营造，都非常喜欢。尤其喜欢一种理科生一样的固定逻辑式的场景镜头，奥斯卡伊萨克也很有魅力。至于剧情，不需要为什么，感受就好。
完全看在男主颜值份上，听说这片被雪藏过，看来是明智的。剧情，惊悚，动作，一样没沾边。
不要被片名骗了，只是个复仇的故事，还是为别人复仇的故事。
几乎承载理性的固定镜头：只横摇，推轨时景别却不变，变焦时聚焦主体又不动。以及，奇观的3D样的鱼眼长镜头。
高开低走，因为配乐和奥斯卡的脸值得一看。三星给鱼眼镜头的噩梦部分，男主角阴影下的脸太迷人了，配乐也可以。爱情线尬到我脚趾抠出巨型陨石坑。而且也没看出算牌和主线有什么联系，其实不算牌，是个谨慎的小偷或者抢劫犯故事都不会受到影响啊！我不理解。
除了男主长得很像卡纳瓦罗，一无是处。节奏缓慢，女配垃圾。音乐还行。
从头喊到尾的usa，最后监狱成为归宿，一边反思一边讽刺，像是没有力气了。
男主真帅，女主最后突然很美。整体非常正能量的一部片子。
一定是部两极分化的电影，你能看到出租车司机的影子。保罗施拉德气质太对了，长处短处都太明显了。他太注重人物精神状态的拿捏而忽视了基本的叙事逻辑。这就让人物和叙事产生了脱节，复仇、打牌、做爱等等这些情节要素都脱离了重点。但是反而这种离心力让人物身上产生迷人气质，于绝望和痛苦中重拾人性。
ᐈ因为他的下巴比中国电话簿里的名字还要多
一个比较好的题材被导演和编剧毁得只剩形式不见高潮与转折 旧时的伤痛没说好 打扑克也没讲到点子上 两相不连贯 结果平淡得有如催眠
保罗施拉德的镜头我还是爱的，但是这故事节奏慢的我都忍不了，结尾还能更拖吗，以及男女主毫无化学反应。看看Oscar isaac大概是唯一的意义
施拉德用赌片，犯罪片和复仇片各自的局部模板讲了一个伊战伤痕的故事，这个点观众确实很容易盖到，但作为代价的就是叙事节奏和情节的张力了，伊萨克的表演很好，鱼眼镜头用的可以，但整体看下来，未免失望
770｜不知为何，这种冷峻压抑的风格很吸引我。除去尴尬的情感线，这个故事是施拉德《出租车司机》《第一归正会》的延续，而算牌和白布等设定让整部电影更神秘，更迷人。别人不喜欢就算了，反正我很喜欢。
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