Wild Card

Name: Wild Card
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: January 30, 2015
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 40
Cast: Dominik García-Lorido, Hope Davis, Jason Alexander, Jason Statham, Max Casella

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Lionsgate | Release Date: January 30, 2015 | R

Starring: Dominik García-Lorido, Hope Davis, Jason Alexander, Jason Statham, Max Casella, Michael Angarano, Milo Ventimiglia, Sofía Vergara, Stanley Tucci

Summary: Nick Wild (Jason Statham) is a Las Vegas bodyguard with lethal professional skills and a personal gambling problem. When a friend is beaten by a sadistic thug, Nick strikes back, only to find out the thug is the son of a powerful mob boss. Suddenly Nick is plunged into the criminal underworld, chased by enforcers and wanted by the mob.Nick Wild (Jason Statham) is a Las Vegas bodyguard with lethal professional skills and a personal gambling problem. When a friend is beaten by a sadistic thug, Nick strikes back, only to find out the thug is the son of a powerful mob boss. Suddenly Nick is plunged into the criminal underworld, chased by enforcers and wanted by the mob. Having raised the stakes, Nick has one last play to change his fortunes, and this time, it's all or nothing. [Lionsgate]… Expand

Director: Simon West

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 92 min

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RogerEbert.com Odie Henderson

Jan 30, 2015

I really enjoyed listening to Statham talk. His fight scenes have their predictable, violent payoffs, but his rambling monologues are unexpectedly, gloriously entertaining. This film’s tagline should be “Come for the stabbing, stay for the gabbing!” Read full review

Bruce Ingram

Jan 29, 2015

It’s no secret that Jason Statham demonstrates remarkable flair when it comes to bone-crunching action-movie mayhem, but he deserves special props for making some of the more outrageous flights of macho fantasy in Wild Card seem credible. Read full review

Chris Nashawaty

Jan 30, 2015

Stanley Tucci, Hope Davis, Anne Heche, and Sofia Vergara all pop up in glorified cameos and give the movie more fizz than their roles require. Which begs the question: Why would they sign on for such thankless, bite-size roles? Read full review

Alan Scherstuhl

Jan 27, 2015

Overstuffed and distractible, this episodic redo feels like a couple episodes of some Showtime series stitched into a feature. Read full review

The Telegraph Tim Robey

Mar 19, 2015

Wild Card, which keeps giving the Stath too much mannered hard-boiled dialogue for his own good, is a promising blend of components that don’t quite end up gelling. Read full review

Betsy Sharkey

Jan 29, 2015

Although the film has little of the smarts and the sizzle of the best of Goldman, it does have a splash of the writer's sense of irony. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Jan 29, 2015

Statham brings so little energy that the fight scenes are hardly more vivid than the gambling ones. His one-liners have no heart; his cynicism is no longer sharp. Read full review

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RPGFanatic

Aug 14, 2015

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. this movie delves into Statham's insanity. how he's being manipulated by his impulsive ex-girlfriend into fixing her problem, and in the process, getting into trouble with the mafia, how's he's constantly looking for a way out of Vegas and to retire in the Mediterranean. and along comes a Wild Card, a crazy rich kid, who gives him a plane ticket out of this madness.… Expand

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Judge_Redd

Jan 7, 2016

This film is a bit more story-driven than your typical Statham flick, which is a roulette game of its own. Story-driven Statham films have a tendency to flop, but not this one, given that it is a nearly word-for-word remake of Heat with Burt Reynolds. You still get some great,This film is a bit more story-driven than your typical Statham flick, which is a roulette game of its own. Story-driven Statham films have a tendency to flop, but not this one, given that it is a nearly word-for-word remake of Heat with Burt Reynolds. You still get some great, well-choreographed fight scenes, and with a coherent storyline, I say this is a winner. Statham movies are a category of their own, a category I enjoy immensely. I would recommend this movie to any Statham fan.… Expand

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Karterfury

Mar 27, 2015

Has anyone mentioned that this is a remake of the movie Heat starring Burt Reynolds from the 80's? I think it's a better rendition of that movie by far, so don't be so hard on it

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markvantpark

Feb 4, 2015

This is a rather disappointing Jason Statham movie.
It is one of the lot, as in an industrial production.
Indeed 2 more films with Statham are in post-production,
and actually he is acting in yet another movie for release 2017.
The script seems to exist of 5 different stories put together.

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wornoutspines

Feb 4, 2015

The trailer for Wild Card is very misleading, the film is not just a revenge movie staring Martial Art expert, ass-kicking, lethal weapon Jason Statham. It's actually surprising, well though-out, and more about Nick Wild's character than mindless fight scenes.

Well, the problem might notThe trailer for Wild Card is very misleading, the film is not just a revenge movie staring Martial Art expert, ass-kicking, lethal weapon Jason Statham. It's actually surprising, well though-out, and more about Nick Wild's character than mindless fight scenes.

Well, the problem might not just be the trailer. There are a lot of side stories in this one film, the stories give you context, a get better sense of who Nick Wild (Statham) is, but in this case it's a little bit much. Because if you pick any of the side stories and make trailer of it, you'll have a completely different film, which is why the movie feels like a draft, jumbled, messy. I am aware that I'm saying this about a film written by an academy award winning screenwriter but that's how it is.

In way it reflects Nick Wild's state of mind and where he's at in his life. The deeper you get into the movie the more layers you find and realize what he's struggling with but as the movie start to scratch the surface it ends. I like Wild Card for one thing because it shown Jason Statham in a new light. He talks as much as he fights in this film and if you like Statham throwing fits and handling knives you'll be pleasantly surprise to him talk.

Wild Card is a better movie than I expected, don't get me wrong it's not movie of the year, but it's kind of good and entertaining.

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MattBrady99

Feb 9, 2016

Wild Card is a very bland and forgettable movie with a few nice shots. Jason Statham has given solid performances in previous movies and in this one I thought he was alright, I mean he wasn't great, but not bad. It's an easily forgettable movie that wasn't anything that special when it firstWild Card is a very bland and forgettable movie with a few nice shots. Jason Statham has given solid performances in previous movies and in this one I thought he was alright, I mean he wasn't great, but not bad. It's an easily forgettable movie that wasn't anything that special when it first came out and it's nothing special now.… Expand

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ozzsoffy

Mar 28, 2015

This movie is one of the most stupid I have ever seen, the action is just awful and script is all over the place, and the end is just dumb.
can someone please pay this Jason Statham dude to stop show up in movies, why umanily have to suffer, why?

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