Cutting Cards story
Reno Crevice and Sam Forney, a pair of rival gamblers who hate each other with a passion, face off in a series of increasingly dangerous and gruesome games in order to see who'll leave town when all is said and done. Directed by: Walter Hill. Story by: Mae Woods.
8 total · 1 choice · 5 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| male-male rivalry | choice | The story follows the bitterly rival gamblers Reno and Sam as they face off in a couple of extremely risky games of chance. |
| competitiveness | major | Each of the incorrigible gamblers Reno and Sam was determined to best the other in extremely risky games of chance to settle a longstanding rivalry. |
| gambling with a body part | major | The viewer is left to conclude that Reno and Sam's rivalrous game of "chop poker" ended with both men losing all their limbs. |
| obsession | major | Reno an Sam's obsessive gambling escalated to the point where they started betting with their own body parts and chopping each other's limbs off. |
| problem gambling | major | Reno and Sam faced off at high stakes games of chance until they'd both lost all their limbs as a result. |
| the thrill of danger | major | The rival gamblers Reno and Sam got their kicks by playing against one another at Russian roulette and "(finger) chop poker". |
| coping with personal failure | minor | Reno had lost everything in Vegas, the viewer learns. |
| living corpse | minor | The story is presented by the Crypt Keeper, a cackling, wisecracking cadaver. |