“Poker Face” (** out of four) was an overall losing hand about an aging tech billionaire (Russell Crowe) who hosts a high-stakes poker game with various friends and family (Chris Helmsworth, RZA, Aden Young, and others) but soon realizes that all have various secrets and agendas and have an elaborate revenge plot against each other and him as well. Disappointing result from Crowe who also wrote and directed this blah affair. Handsome production design and sleek cinematography give film an alluring surface but film never gathers much momentum or dramatic interest and thus folds pretty quickly.

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