Through Tye Sheridan’s Cirk, a young man whose father was among those who served under William Tell’s commanding officer (Willem Dafoe), The Card Counter seeks to tell a story of revenge. More specifically, Cirk’s attempt at seeking vengeance for his dad, and how it weighs on William’s own reckonings with the past. On paper, there’s potential for these two stories to cross in a pleasing manner. But in execution, The Card Counter falls absolutely flat.
