Ripley's Game

2002 · directed by Liliana Cavani

Rating

76/100

Hit

no

Tom Ripley - cool, urbane, wealthy, and murderous - lives in a villa in the Veneto with Luisa, his harpsichord-playing girlfriend. A former business associate from Berlin's underworld pays a call asking Ripley's help in killing a rival. Ripley - ever a student of human nature - initiates a game to turn a mild and innocent local picture framer into a hit man. The artisan, Jonathan Trevanny, who's dying of cancer, has a wife, young son, and little to leave them. If Ripley draws Jonathan into the game, can Ripley maintain control? Does it stop at one killing? What if Ripley develops a conscience?

Ripley's Game (2002), directed by Liliana Cavani, rates 76/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• John Malkovich
• Dougray Scott
• Ray Winstone
• Lena Headey

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