House of Games


1987 con artist movie

Rating: 15/20

Plot: There's an attempted con, another con, then another con, and a few more cons. Everybody was con-fu fighting!

"Everybody was con-fu fighting" should win me a Pulitzer, shouldn't it?

This is entertaining and pulpy stuff from Mamet though it stretches the limits of plausibility a few times. Maybe more than a few times.

The best bit in this movie is a scene involving a water gun after a little poker action. That's probably a spoiler, so you should ignore it.

I have to end this review because I need to pat myself on the back a little more for that "con-fu fighting" line.

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