The Card Player vs The Pale Blue Eye

The Pale Blue Eye has the higher audience score (6.8/10 against 4.4/10 for The Card Player). The Card Player is the shorter watch at 1h 43m compared with 2h 8m. The Card Player is the older of the two (2004 against 2022). Both are crime, horror, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Card Player posterThe Card Player2004 VS The Pale Blue Eye posterThe Pale Blue Eye2022
The Card PlayerThe Pale Blue Eye
Audience score★ 4.4/10★ 6.8/10
Year20042022
Length1h 43m2h 8m
GenresCrime, Horror, Mystery, ThrillerCrime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country––
DirectorDario ArgentoScott Cooper
Main castLiam Cunningham, Cosimo Fusco, Giovanni Visentin, Stefania Rocca, Claudio SantamariaGillian Anderson, Simon McBurney, Lucy Boynton, Toby Jones, Timothy Spall

Synopsis

The Card Player

Policewoman Anna Mari is forced to play a dangerous game with the title serial killer. If she loses, she witnesses the maniac's tortured victims having their throats cut in explicit close-up detail via webcam. She teams up with British cop John Brennan to find out the identity of the murderer.

The Pale Blue Eye

West Point, New York, 1830. When a cadet at the burgeoning military academy is found hanged with his heart cut out, the top brass summons former New York City constable Augustus Landor to investigate. While attempting to solve this grisly mystery, the reluctant detective engages the help of one of the cadets: a strange but brilliant young fellow by the name of Edgar Allan Poe.

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