Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Libramedi Intense, gripping, stylish and poignant

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Brennan Camacho Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

twillis600-152-449978 I enjoy action movies with a good plot but not too much rambling dialogue. I started watching Blacklist, it started out good with some mystery. But it just turned into a slow plodding tough talk diatribe!The Player has a star/ leading man that we all know can actually fight. It is excellent to see Mr. Snipes back on top. I really marvel at his character because he is a suave, dapper, well dressed business man, running an underground enterprise, which is very believable. It's believable because we all know or have heard stories of what happens to people in Vegas that are loan sharks and high rollers. Sometimes I watch just to see what Wesley is wearing because I want to purchase the suit combination he's sporting. I also wait for the fight scene when he has to regulate an unscrupulous character. It seals the deal because his fight scenes are believable, knowing he can actually fight. This is a refreshing show to a boring, repetitive sitcom theme.

teresawagamon Best episode yet! The story and cinematography struck the right notes of creepy and suspenseful, while developing characters we care about. We loved the scenery and special artwork in this episode. Can't wait to see it on-demand and examine the collection of artifacts in detail. The guest actor was perfect! So was his makeup. For cryin' out loud, can we please have a scene where Wesley Snipes takes off his shirt? It's been many years since New Jack City, but he's still got it! Looking forward to next week's episode. We watch in real-time and then watch again on-demand during the week to freeze-frame all the high tech gadgets and enjoy the location shooting. We are loyal fans of the show.

bkenny-13550 Phillip Winchester, is best known for the Cinemax series "Strike Back", in which he plays a British Commando with a sense of humor out to overcome impossible odds and save the world every week. That same premise is the driving force behind "The Player". A likable every-man, with only his wits, his training, and (usually) a handgun has to face off against gangs of trained, ruthless, well-armed bad guys as they try to rob banks, kidnap kids, or otherwise do evil. This show is the reason why people watch TV. It's fun, it's over-the- top, it's an escape. The staging and action sequences are some of the best stuff I've ever seen on a major network show. In the first episode our protagonist hijacks a dirt bike jumps it through a window and then races through an abandoned mall while shooting bad guys. Even after mowing down several, crashing his bike, and running low on ammo he's still obscenely outnumbered. He's not invincible, he'd not a super-hero , he's a man who bleeds and feels pain. He knows the odds, he knows death is lurking behind every corner, he doesn't flinch. There's something very inspirational about a human being facing impossible odds and prevailing. I think for some viewers, the Player's weekly battles will be likened to the struggles we face in our daily lives and the feeling that we cannot break out of a tough situation, get a handle on a difficult concept, or do the things we want to do. The Player has a not so subtle message about never giving up, never giving in, not being concerned about what others may think is impossible. It's a very American concept and fitting for a show that exemplifies the best and worst of the American Experience.

fullheadofsteam In reading other reviews, I find it laughable that someone would assert that the theme of the show is confusing. It is not confusing -- Wesley Snipes portrays a very powerful and rich bookie for the wealthiest gamblers throughout the world who enjoy outside-the-box and extremely challenging life-and-death betting. Snipes sets up and manages the bets. He and his female colleague also have the high-tech world plugged into their system, including surveillance cameras and hacked computer systems world-wide. But Wesley and his assistant need a player to insert into the high-risk gambling scenarios that they set up, so that the bettors can bet against the house, meaning against the player being successful in the waging scenario, or they can bet on the player being successful. The scenarios involve pitting the Player against criminals, and sophisticated criminals at that. Back-storied into this not-too-confusing premise for the series is the manipulation, to what extent we do not yet know, of the person set up to be The Player, which included what appeared to involve the murder of his wife, but then doubts arise about that, and precisely what the Manager (Snipes) may or may not have had to do with it, not to mention some as-yet-unknown prior association between Snipe's assistant and a woman who looks like the wife of the man who does in fact becomes Snipe's Player. All of this is centered in Las Vegas, gambling capital of the western world, so it is perfect. The imagination behind the concept, together with terrific actors, and Wesley Snipes here is superbly and impeccably ward robed as straight out of Esquire magazine, added to the large-scale stunts that you usually only see in theatrical movies, makes this a very interesting and enjoyable worth-watching television program.