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Aces

2006 · 88 min

It feels like watching sharp, high-stakes competition unfold among ambitious young people.

Directed by
Daniel Zirilli
Genres
Action, Drama
Overview
Three Girls. One Summer. No Limit. Three beautiful and brilliant college students, Brooke (Lacey Toups), Elle (Christina Morris), and Pieti (Sheena Chou) find a lucrative way to put their mathematical skills to the test: high-stakes poker.

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Directed by
Daniel Zirilli
Genres
Action, Drama
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • greed
  • friendship
  • class
  • crime
  • ambition
Places
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
action, drama
Directed by
Daniel Zirilli
Written by
Daniel Zirilli, D. Glase Lomond
Starring
Lacey Toups, Christina Morris, Sheena Chou, Garret Sato, Jude S. Walko
Runtime
88 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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