The Player (2015)
6/10
convoluted premise not well done
10 December 2015
Alex Kane (Philip Winchester) is a security expert working in Las Vegas. He reconnects with his ex-wife Ginny and she gets killed. He's recruited into a powerful secret organization called the House. Isaiah Johnson (Wesley Snipes) is the mercurial pit boss and Cassandra King (Charity Wakefield) is the dealer. Its members are the world's richest and most degenerate gamblers betting on games of life and death. Police detective Cal Brown (Damon Gupton) is investigating.

It's a really convoluted premise. It could either embrace the ridiculous premise or try to make it more believable. I don't think it achieves either. I like the trio of Winchester, Wakefield and Snipes. It's got some good action but it is essentially empty calories TV. It's canceled after its 9 episodes run.
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