People are voting emotionally.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

If you're looking for an action show that does a great job with stunts and special effects, this is it. The acting stands up and the each episode has an entertaining storyline. Philip Winchester is a standout. I really enjoyed him in Strike Back and he continues his action excellence in The Player. This dude has everything required of a huge action-movie star and he alone takes the show to a higher level. I hope this is something he receives credit for whether the show survives its freshman season or not. It's a tough proposition for networks to take a show that's not getting the required views and invest more into it for a second season but I truly hope that happens here. With the first season episodes cut back The Player may be on its way out so please tune in and give it a fighting chance for renewal.

This is a GREAT SHOW I love it. Great story line with lots of action an the little hint of comedy is great, there's not a boring moment and it is great to see Wesley in a major role again he is a great actor. The Cast have a great chemistry on screen and I really hope that this show is not being replacing I would be very disappointed if it is canceled, there are enough cop shows on air already. This show is a refreshing change. I think NBC need to give the show a chance. It is in a competitive time slot. I think if given a chance the rating will increase even more. I am a loyal viewer of the show and will continue to watch.

Call me a nut case if you want. I'd LOVE this series if it weren't for the way Alex carries his handgun during the 'action' shoot-out! I can't stand the 2 handed, 45 degree (semi-gangsta?), 12 inches from the face! Don't pull that trigger in the real world!! If the recoil or hot shell casing doesn't get you, the blowback will! Blowback- remember GSR? Gun Shot Residue! along with very hot gases. Believing that someone is going to (accurately)get off more than one shot firing a semi-auto from around 1 foot in front of the face is laughable! Oops, maybe I should notice if he is wearing safety glasses! But still, that 45 degree 2 handed hold. How long would you watch a series where a 17 yr old in a 1970's station wagon wins a race against a formula 1 car? Guess I'll switch to CBS after football season. As long as it's not some 'reality' show.

In reading other reviews, I find it laughable that someone would assert that the theme of the show is confusing. It is not confusing -- Wesley Snipes portrays a very powerful and rich bookie for the wealthiest gamblers throughout the world who enjoy outside-the-box and extremely challenging life-and-death betting. Snipes sets up and manages the bets. He and his female colleague also have the high-tech world plugged into their system, including surveillance cameras and hacked computer systems world-wide. But Wesley and his assistant need a player to insert into the high-risk gambling scenarios that they set up, so that the bettors can bet against the house, meaning against the player being successful in the waging scenario, or they can bet on the player being successful. The scenarios involve pitting the Player against criminals, and sophisticated criminals at that. Back-storied into this not-too-confusing premise for the series is the manipulation, to what extent we do not yet know, of the person set up to be The Player, which included what appeared to involve the murder of his wife, but then doubts arise about that, and precisely what the Manager (Snipes) may or may not have had to do with it, not to mention some as-yet-unknown prior association between Snipe's assistant and a woman who looks like the wife of the man who does in fact becomes Snipe's Player. All of this is centered in Las Vegas, gambling capital of the western world, so it is perfect. The imagination behind the concept, together with terrific actors, and Wesley Snipes here is superbly and impeccably ward robed as straight out of Esquire magazine, added to the large-scale stunts that you usually only see in theatrical movies, makes this a very interesting and enjoyable worth-watching television program.