Nine Queens (2000)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Nine Queens follows the activities of two Argentine street-hustlers who team-up as partners for a day. Juan is a young man whose good looks and innocent appearance give him an advantage over the women that he cheats. He was taught some tricks of the trade by his father who is now in prison awaiting trial and regrets teaching his son how to steal. Marcos, the older of the two men, attempts to open Juan's eyes to the scams that are going on everywhere around them in the streets of Buenos Aires, where every thief claims not to be a thief. He sees Juan as being naive because the younger man expresses some sympathy for his victims and puts limits on what he will take from them. Marcos has no such remorse. He thinks of having a conscience as ridiculous and a hindrance to his trade.The action suddenly becomes more intense when a former partner of Marcos introduces the pair to the scam of a lifetime. The man has counterfeited a sheet of nine rare stamps, worth hundreds of thousands if genuine. He plans to sell the stamps each of which display the image of a woman in profile, the nine queens, to a billionaire stamp collector. Unable to carry out the sale himself, the forger enlists Marcos' help in selling the stamps. Things quickly devolve into a series of struggles over who will get what percentage of the take as everyone who becomes involved uses their skills to overcome the obstacles to the sale, leaving the viewer uncertain about who is the hustler and who is being hustled.The story is fast-paced and well-acted. Dialogue is in Spanish with English and French subtitles.

An intelligent thriller film is one which not only has ample elements of thrill but also has enough material to keep viewers glued to the edge of their seats. Nine Queens, a fast paced thriller by Argentinian director Fabián Bielinsky tackles the enviable theme of con men running after stamps having considerable monetary worth. Although it is not a new theme in the history of cinema as Polish author Kieslowski's Decalogue 10 was also about two brothers losing a valuable stamp, Nine Queens does make a mark as a different film as it is literally a training manual for crooks who would like to con gullible people. It is true that the film's main theme is revealed quite late, numerous con tricks by Nine Queens' main protagonists' facilitate the building of excitement in viewers' minds. This helps in the creation of enormous excitement for leading men Ricardo Darín and Gastón Pauls as they execute their plan without getting conned. The beauty of this film lies in its simplicity as despite a fair amount of crooks with guns not a single shot is fired. This would serve as a indispensable lesson for those directors who would like to bathe their films in human blood.

It's hard to find free online movie or rental movie shop in Asia.Also,hard to find torrent to load.So, I 've just bought from Amazon 15$. T____T Riccardo Darin is born to be face-acting.Nine queens like Tom Yam Kung (Wonderful Thai food) which have all flavor;triller,drama,comedy(especially,the scene which the guy who take the gun to disclaim checque from Marcos.It's so funny.Every flavor master blended with properly ratio.Fabien is smart producer.I don't know why/where every shot is perfect conversation and acting,but it's stunned me all 2 hours.I'm so sad to know that he pass away.Not only 2 main actor,but all teams are perfect acting.No over acting No speech much.Our world lose perfect producer!!

Nine Queens was undoubtedly one of the best thrillers i have seen in recent years.It has all the ingredients for a good movie.It has Good story,neat screenplay and excellent acting.I don't want to write even a single bit of a story in my review because its worth watching it,even without reading the plot.It is such a lovely movie where 2 hrs of your time will pass just like that.I didn't even get bored for a single moment.Hats off to the director Fabien Bielinsky for writing this wonderful script and executing it with panache.As far as acting is concerned, Ricardo Darin was excellent and Gausto Pauls was simply superb.The other artists also performed their roles well.Camera-work and background score was nice.So what are you waiting for go ahead and watch this movie.