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The Player

Name: The Player
Genre: Action & Adventure, Crime
Released: 2015-09-24
Cast: Charity Wakefield, Philip Winchester, Wesley Snipes, Damon Gupton

2015 | 1 seasons | 43 min | Action & Adventure, Crime

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With a small audience and almost no lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Made for crime fans and action fans. If you loved Reacher or Gangs of London, start here.
The mood: Gritty.
The pace: One season: easy to finish in a weekend or two, episodes of about 43 minutes, about 6 hours in all.
What might put you off: Rated TV-14. Probably too much for younger kids.
It was cancelled, so the story may not get a proper ending.

An action-packed Las Vegas thriller about a former military operative turned security expert who is drawn into a high-stakes game where an organization of wealthy individuals gamble on his ability to stop some of the biggest crimes imaginable from playing out. Can he take them down from the inside and get revenge for the death of his wife, or is it true what they say: the House always wins.

How it earned its rating

CriticsBelow par
38% on Rotten Tomatoes, 43 on Metacritic
AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
Reach & staying powerWeak
Limited series that reached a small audience so far; interest faded quickly after launch
Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 19K people sought it out in the past year

The Player

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