Ripleys Game Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Liliana Cavani
Genres: Thriller
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The cool and mannered sociopath Tom Ripley returns to the big screen in director Liliana_Cavani's 2002 crime thriller Ripley's Game, adapted from the 1974 novel by Patricia_Highsmith. Living a life of luxury as an art dealer in northern Italy with his musician wife Luisa (Chiara_Caselli), Ripley (John_Malkovich) attends a party thrown by Jonathan Trevanny (Dougray_Scott) and overhears the host making critical comments about Ripley's fashion sense. Enraged, Ripley immediately plots his retaliation for this slight, which comes via a reunion with his former business partner Reeves (Ray_Winstone). Reeves seeks out Ripley's help in finding an unrecognized assassin to kill a Russian gangster, and Ripley suggests he talk to Trevanny -- whom Ripley knows has recently been diagnosed with leukemia and is also desperately strapped for cash. Trevanny reluctantly accepts the offer, in order to insure his family's security -- but is pressured into a repeat performance, which draws the ire of Ripley. The situation quickly spirals out of control to the point of drawing the attention -- and anger -- of the Russian mob, forcing Ripley to intervene. But the master criminal also develops a respect for his unwitting victim, forming an unlikely friendship under the most dire of circumstances. Ryan Shriver, Rovi
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