B-Real, Bo Hopkins, Charles Rocket
A trio of grifters (Thandie Newton, Gabriel Byrne and Stuart Townsend) plots the con of a lifetime when they scheme to hustle a notorious card shark known as "the Dean" (Sylvester Stallone). But in or...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 25, 2004
Stats: 247 reviews
A swift, smart and wickedly entertaing crime thriller. Tense, clever and really cool. Teriffically funny and suspensful. Great twist and turns that never let up. Lot's of fun and enjoyment. A con you cant help but get caught up in. The cast is brilliant. Stuart Townsend, Thandie ...( read more)
Shade is the story about one great poker mechanic (Vernon) pitted against the best (The Dean). Then the story gets incredibly tangled and you're not too sure what is really happening until the very end, which throws me for a loop every time I see it. But the crux of this plot is ...( read more)
Not so bad for a poker game film! Although it is much more than about the game.
I didn't expect this film to be any good, but it was. I liked it a lot more then I was expecting to.
it hurt me to see slys make up look so... scary bah, it was seriously different but stuart townsend is a beast =P two thumbs up for lestat being here, maybe this just isn't my type of thing.
This movie is okay.The best parts are Thandie Newton smoking.She's so hot!!!!! I think that women who smoke are so sexy!!!!!
some good twists in this story about people who love cheating each other... as alway when a triad exists, it cannot be very long.
I don't know about 'Crime Thriller', but it is indeed one of the best twisted poker movies ever made. Have not seen a good movie like this since the movie THE STING.
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