This early 70's giallo by Umberto Lenzi is certainly among the best in his filmography and also in the whole genre. Personally I think Lenzi's best films are the funny cartoon-turned-film Kriminal, the stylish giallo Seven Blood-Stained Orchids, the explosive Napoli violenta and this. In the eighties he did plenty of film trash in form of Eaten Alive, Hitcher in the Dark or Black Demons, all of which are ripping something off and/or very dull and slow moving. Knife of Ice came when the giallo boom was at its hottest and the result is convincing.
Technically the film is superb, containing great cinematography in the beginning when we learn about the main character's trauma towards trains. From this point on, Lenzi shows us his ability to benefit the widescreen and, for example, the bicycle ride near the forest is genuinely beautiful! This scene also shows Lenzi's ability to build suspense, very slowly but meaningfully. After all, there aren't so many murders in the whole film, only the suspense circulating around the murderer's identity.
One suspect is a devil worshipper which brings new aspects to the mystery. Since the final scene takes place in a church, one can wonder if Lenzi wanted to comment on something, maybe the hypocritical morale of church and superstition. The main character (Carrol Baker) is mute which demands a lot from her face and eyes. The actress works very well, giving us a believable performance circulating around the emotions of fear and mental pain. The other actors are good, too. The finally, however, may not give too positive a sight about female sex since they all are expressed rather negatively in the film, one way or another. Still this is easily among the most noteworthy in the genre, not as bloody as the Argento films, for example, but equally suspenseful and visually also interesting.
很意外很惊喜，空间的推拉固定，对观众的勾引挑衅，氛围的营造，都非常喜欢。尤其喜欢一种理科生一样的固定逻辑式的场景镜头，奥斯卡伊萨克也很有魅力。至于剧情，不需要为什么，感受就好。
以为是和扑克比赛有关的剧情，其实内核是反对监狱暴力和部队黑暗面，不过整体有种闷闷的气氛，男主的选择有种鱼死网破的决绝。能算牌的概率，却无法掌控自己的人生啊。
就算保罗·施拉德一遍又一遍地在重复自己以往的创作那又如何呢？我反正很吃这一套。电影的质感令人着迷，奥斯卡·伊萨克对角色的掌握沉稳且精准，我非常喜欢。
基调和质感很不错 犯罪惊悚这个类型并不少见 人物很立体矛盾很合理 但这些优点随着剧情的推进慢慢的不见了 故事开始变得夸张浮躁 甚至在赌场中的镜头和气氛也变得很诡异男女感情戏也是没有任何作用 又是浪费脚本演员的典范
节奏慢，价值观不主流。William想帮助cirk走出丧父阴影，但失败了。William自己也抛下了最看重的赌局替Cirk复仇，导致自己再度入狱，与爱人分离。披着赌局的外壳，探讨的还是虐囚问题和人性。讽刺的是，有些东西，想摆脱才发现已经刻进了骨髓，当镜头扫过上校家包着白布的家具时，一切已经了然。
看得好费劲啊…明明是一个赌博片儿，生生弄成了文艺片，然后配乐我真的想问一句，老搞的那么rua何必呢……
让我有点想起《第一归正会》。是我喜欢的风格。
美国的赌场太丑了，丑到不适合认真地拍摄，马丁Casino里浮夸的内饰和配色，用夸张掩盖了审美上的不适，再加上年代滤镜，自有一种浮夸复古范；电影里写实拍摄的当代赌场让我对类似Vegas场所的厌恶毫无保留地涌出来了。
7/10 施瑞德先生还是在刻画压抑中年人不在沉默中消亡就在沉默中爆发的故事。但是很多镜头真的漂亮。Oscar Issac帅得跟个吸血鬼一样
Oscar Isaac is FINEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
同茨威格的《象棋的故事》一样，你以为在讲技艺，其实在讲对人性的屠杀。这么好的题材，怎么拍得跟赌圣一个样？
PTSD片….我以为是看打牌电影，结果？？？？？？
Great story, 同时有一些让人毛骨悚然的细节(USA!)。质感层面实在太糟糕了，基本在保全故事角色和美学制作上只取其一，拜托谁去再给他点钱（和时间）吧！
一开始觉得声音和监狱走廊的拉伸感蛮好的（质地接近升级版的广角麦芽糖？），但后来感觉这些乍看新奇的东西被很多倒胃口的设计拖下水了（比如说那种近似中国城市夜景的灯光秀）…… 在保罗施拉德的作品里比较次等。
关于救赎的故事，赌场只是背景，预告片和正片是两部电影。
男主真帅，女主最后突然很美。整体非常正能量的一部片子。
施拉德用赌片，犯罪片和复仇片各自的局部模板讲了一个伊战伤痕的故事，这个点观众确实很容易盖到，但作为代价的就是叙事节奏和情节的张力了，伊萨克的表演很好，鱼眼镜头用的可以，但整体看下来，未免失望
男主很有型 片子虽沉闷 手法却是我喜欢的类型
太高冷的电影，看不懂。打着算牌的幌子，讲的是一个很晦涩的主题，不是我的菜
4.0，某种能控制精神的调度。主观的、暧昧的表达，在前四分之三处堆积出了情绪的迷幻，欲罢不能。可惜最后又莫名开始写实？观感被迫抽离出来（和第一归正会相同的失败点）
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