The film revolves around Chun, a corrupt police inspector, who is believed by the British authorities to be a corrupt person, but who can infiltrate his inner circle. Along the way, Chun deals with Da Gang leader, anti-Manchu revolutionaries, and some fugitive pirates, who are always loyal to him.
Refusing to settle down to focus on its intriguing central story, filmmaker Greg Francis whirls around through a series of whizzy flashbacks that layer in all kinds of subtext and interest.
The majority of it runs at the speed of the last five minutes of a Christopher Nolan film, when entire story beats are compressed into a shot or a line.
"Poker Night" brings to mind so many forgettable thrillers from the 1990s, films that aimed to impress stylistically but ultimately were met with indifference.
