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Tilt

  • TV Series
  • 2005
  • TV-14
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
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Michael Madsen, Eddie Cibrian, Kristin Lehman, Don McManus, and Todd Williams in Tilt (2005)
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Young poker players must navigate their past along with the best players in the world to win.Young poker players must navigate their past along with the best players in the world to win.Young poker players must navigate their past along with the best players in the world to win.

  • Creators
    • Brian Koppelman
    • David Levien
  • Stars
    • Michael Madsen
    • Chris Bauer
    • Kristin Lehman
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    837
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    • Creators
      • Brian Koppelman
      • David Levien
    • Stars
      • Michael Madsen
      • Chris Bauer
      • Kristin Lehman
    • 16User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Michael Madsen
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    • Don 'The Matador' Everest
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    OK ESPN...you have my interest.

    I haven't been real impressed with many of ESPN's ventures into original movies or programming. I saw a couple of episodes of "Playmakers" but it didn't keep me coming back. "3" wasn't bad...neither was "The Junction Boys" but I absolutely hated "Hustle" and the "Season on the Brink". That said, I watched "Tilt" with guarded optimism.

    What I came away with after the first episode is the interest to at least see the second. The character development seems very good and, already, you want to see the "Matador" (Michael Madsen's character) fall and fall hard.

    Lots of casino action, suspense, even a bit of flesh appear to be the ingredients here...and my wife probably said it best when she said, "You definitely won't see this on Lifetime"...
    ivand87

    Quit listening to the haters, they don't know anything about poker anyway!

    After 2 episodes, I have to say I'm already a fan of this show.

    A couple of haters here, who probably don't know anything about poker and were too slow to understand what was going on, are talking badly about the show.

    Don't listen to them. This show has a very nice cast, is well written, and it has all the elements you'd want from an action series. Michael Madsen kicks ass as The Matador - but right away, the intrigue of seeing him fall to Eddie, Miami and Clark is too much, and you just wanna see how it will all develop.

    Add to this a lot of danger surrounding a cop who is after the Matador himself, trying to avenge his late brother, who was killed by the Matador, and you got a big hit! I never watched Playmakers. I heard it was good, but it turned out to be a good thing I didn't watch since ESPN's affiliation with the NFL forced that show to get cancelled.

    That won't happen to Tilt - this show will be a success!
    bjguilfoyle

    Convoluted plot, but dynamite poker action

    I was going to wait until this series ended to review it, but why bother? This is simply a killer series. The story is pretty complicated, with subplots galore surrounding each character, but that's not why I watch it. Michael Madsen is perfect as poker baddie Don Everest- ruthless, conniving, and dressed to kill in those 80s collars and vests. And best of all is the assortment of characters, dialog, and voice-over narration that you get during the poker sequences. As if that weren't enough, they added one of my favorite actors, Robert Forster, in the last episode. The only unfortunate part is that it's hard to get up to speed if you missed the first few episodes, due to all the different plot aspects. At this point it's better to wait for a catch-up night, or buy the full DVD set when it comes out.

    To sum up, the story is contrived, but who cares? The cast is great and the poker sequences alone are worth watching it for. Kudos to ESPN for their best series yet!!! Like MM says before the deal, "Let's rock and roll, baby".
    RoseAnn

    What can they do for a second season???

    *spoilers if you haven't seen the finale...read at your own peril...*

    Okay, so how predictable was that??

    All the good guys won; all the bad guys got what they deserved; and the guy who straddled the line between the two got the brass ring because he (pardon the horrible pun) played his cards right.

    And so we drink a final toast to Seymour...the cop goes home to Iowa...our three young heroes leave the field of battle vindicated and much, much richer.

    What can they do for a season two?? A new bad guy for us to hate?? New unknown card players for us to cheer on to victory? And Lowball making another interesting visit to the house of ill repute?!?!?!?

    It was interesting and novel for one go-round...sort of the way Survivor was for the first season...but won't this get predictable if they try it again?

    I did enjoy the poker scenes, although there were certainly blatant errors (I even saw one tonight...when you watch the finale, look at the screen closely on Clark's last hand and see if you spot what I did). It was nice to see the sprinkling of the well-known players throughout the series. But I'd much rather watch the reruns of the WSOP if it came down to a choice between that and another season of this show.

    I'll give the season a 6 out of 10...good acting for the most part (although Michael Madsen did seem a bit flat to me most of the time...but maybe that was the jaded part of his character). Points off for such a predictable plot and finale. There was just one more cliché they could have thrown in to make the fairy tale complete...reveal that Miami was Seymour's long lost granddaughter or niece or some distant relative (I thought about daughter, but that kind of destroys the part of the storyline that she was playing to raise money for her father's bail with Seymour's assistance).

    But, of course, I will tune in for at least the first episode of another season...if nothing else to see the real-life pros wander in and out of that very realistic-looking set.

    P.S. (added after second viewing a few minutes ago): ACK! I just caught the final scene...which I somehow missed the first time. That changes everything...and potentially changes the cast for next season (if there is one). Not quite such a tidy ending as it first appeared. Hmm....
    ramam01

    Best show on TV

    I have to say I wasn't originally going to watch the show, but my friend came over the day the series premiered so I was forced into it. I'd have to say though it is definitely a must see.

    Its the only show during the week I block out time for. I've seen all 9 episodes the day they aired. Way better than the last ESPN drama Playmakers.

    It's like a weekly soap opera. It involves way more than just poker. Can't wait until it comes out on DVD. Before season two starts I'd recommend watching the re-runs of episode one and getting the story down before the 2nd season starts. Watch them in order or you'll get lost.

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    • Trivia
      In a deleted scene which is featured in the DVD, Miami reveals her real name as "Ellen".
    • Goofs
      In the final episode of the first season, when Clark is playing in the World Poker Championship, in the hand that he goes out of the tournament, the ESPN pseudo-coverage showed him as "All-in" before he actually declared.
    • Quotes

      Don 'The Matador' Everest: If we do this thing, that's a secret I'd like you to take with you to your grave, and if you don't, chances are you gonna get there a little bit sooner than you expected.

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    • Release date
      • January 13, 2005 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Тилт
    • Filming locations
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Big Slick Productions
      • ESPN Original Entertainment
      • Orly Adelson Productions
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      1 hour
    • Color
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    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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