Players

1997

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7.4| NA| en| More Info
Released: 17 October 1997 Canceled
Producted By: NBC Studios
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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Three young ex-cons track down criminals as a part of a new FBI program.

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Drama, Crime

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WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.
Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.
Suman Roberson It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.
Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
bpeck13 1. Confidence Man The cons check out Jeff Taylor, a self-help author/guru, for tax evasion. While investigating Taylor, they discover that he has killed three of his top investors who have left all of their estate to them. 2. Con Job The FBI director wants the cons to go up against the Cuban mob. Alphonse meets his son. They find out that Agent Cates is dirty and is responsible for the death of the former director and the cons go after him. Agent Cates tries to play the cons and the cons play him. 3. Con Law The cons meet Agent Christine Kowalski. The cons go after a lawyer who gets dirty clients acquitted and has paid informants in every police department. 4. In Concert A record company executive is book-legging his own CD's plus extorting his own clients. And he is not above murder. But not every one who is believed dead is actually dead. 5. Con Artist An art dealer hires Ice to steal masterpieces for him—his predecessor was also working undercover for the FBI and ended up dead. Things don't go as planned and the dealer gets the real Van Gogh instead of the fake. 6. Con-spiracy Supposedly the Mendoza syndicate is involved in bootleg gasoline and tax evasion. But the team cannot pin them because they have a mole in the FBI and are tipped off every time the FBI plans a raid. 7. Con-tamination The cons catch Hugh Stern who has possession of Rican powder. Then a call comes into the FBI from "Jericho" who also has Rican powder and attempts to extort the FBI. Jericho told Stern to contact with Charlie, but Charlie doesn't know any Jericho. 8. Con-undrum College student Barry Decker is killed for his computer program to help a company that is behind schedule. Charlie plays Barry's unknown partner. Alphonse plays a computer programmer/ hacker and "joins" the company. 9. Con-Vivants The cons are cut loose by the FBI to normal parole, but life on the outside isn't as easy as they think. 10. Con-tinental Ice helps a model and ex-junkie go after her clothing designer bosses who supply their models with drugs. Alphonse and Charlie chase after designer clothing counterfeiters. What they discover is that the clothes are not counterfeit, but they are made in sweatshops with cheap Asian labor. 11. Con-traband The cons go after gun runners but the bust doesn't go well. Chris is kidnapped by the runners. 12. Wrath of Con A convicted killer escapes a prison bus after killing two correctional officers and goes after the witness who put him in prison. 13. Con-strained A kid with a mobster grandfather is kidnapped from school. Although the father refuses help, the grandfather interferes with the investigation. One of the grandfather's men recognizes Alphonse and kidnaps Ice because he thinks the cons are in on the kidnapping. 14. Contact Sport The cons go after a counterfeiter. Ice's nephew is shaving points in his college basketball games. Alphonse is looking for a blonde who steals cars. 15. Con Amore While trying to buy missile cruisers, Ice runs into an old acquaintance that screwed him over years ago during a con. Ice busts her and she tries to con the FBI. 16. Rashocon The cons try to catch a mobster who uses the race track for laundering money and catch a crook named Axel Ducheck—who happens to be dead. 17. Three of a Con Quentin Belkey has been to prison, but now he is out and bilking people out of their life savings. The cons set up a poker game in order get him to tell them where his hid his cache. Chris tries to cover for the cons because they shouldn't be working this case. 18. Mint Condition Dudevitch loses a lot of money at craps and kills the patron who threw the dice. The Feds want him and his boss,Pappas. Pappas hides his assets in very clever ways (such as Charlie Chaplin's cane which is worth $100,000 but looks like an ordinary cane). He is now in the market for a very rare baseball card.
Mac-59 I kind of like this show. I must admit that I rolled my eyes once or twice when I saw that Ice T was in the lead, knowing that rappers usually aren't the best actors in the business. But I soon noticed that this guy has a appealing quality: he's willing to abandon (partially) his tough-guy gangsta rapper routine and make a jerk of himself.Something Ice Cube ought to do. Every time I see him, even as a comic relief (Anaconda), he always seems to frown and tough himself up like he's afraid he'll lose his rep in the hood or something. At least Ice T take a few risks, drops the bull, and looking appropriately goofy every know and then and I think that makes him more appealing to a wider range of people. This along with the series clever plots and direction, I can think of worse ways to spend my evening.
logik I have to agree with my fellow player: Why did this show get cancelled? Players was the best thing that ever happened to "The Peacock" (NBC). Here we had the perfect blend of comedy and drama a la con...sure the premise has been used before, but this show had undeniable character.My hats off to the cast and crew of the show. We miss you dearly :)
Gislef Players was a 90's update of the Sting-like con artist/scam series, which dates back to shows like Mission Impossible andSwitch. The three characters were an interesting mix, and the cons were both complex enough to be believable but simple enough that you didn't sit there later and go, "Huh?" NBC basically under-promoted it and subjected it to frequent pre-emptions inits Friday time-slot. Boo.