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To Play the King (House of Cards II) (TV Miniseries)

To Play the King (House of Cards II)

1993

Paul Seed

Ian Richardson, Michael Kitchen, Kitty Aldridge, Colin Jeavons ...

7.4

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TV Series. Drama In 'To Play The King', the second installment of this political satire, Francis Urquhart has managed to become the British prime minister and crush all significant opposition. Everyone who knows of his crimes is either on his side or dead. But his survival on the top is threatened by a new liberal monarch and some skeletons in the closet.

	Author	Review
United States	Tony Scott Variety	"Shrewd director Paul Seed (...) shows total command as he builds tension (...) It isn’t pretty, but it’s irresistible"	POS
United States	John J. O'Connor The New York Times	"For its first couple of hours, 'To Play the King' is maliciously on target, but then character and concept begin to crumble"	NEU
United Kingdom	The Independent	"It is very well played all round; but where it's implausible is that chief whips would never sleep with journalists (...) It can't be that accurate, because it's a pastiche, a journalist's wildly exaggerated view of politics."	NEU
United States	People Magazine	"[A] scintillating sequel to 'House of Cards' (...) Played once again with brilliant sangfroid by Ian Richardson"	POS

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