Dead Man's Cards
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Dead Man's Cards is a 2006 British underworld drama starring Paul Barber and James McMartin. When Tom (James McMartin) suffers a bad eye injury his boxing
career comes to an end, and his marriage begins to suffer. After a chance encounter at the gym, Tom is offered a job working as a door man for the same run down night club as Paul (Paul Barber), a tough looking man who likes to use his knuckle duster.
Paul is a volatile man with a history of violence and after learning of Tom's background in boxing
he takes him under his wing
to teach him the ways of being a door man. Tom soon falls in love
with the bar maid
for the club and his loyalties are put to the ultimate test as Paul gets increasingly more in trouble with violent gangsters from the area.
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
career comes to an end, and his marriage begins to suffer. After a chance encounter at the gym, Tom is offered a job working as a door man for the same run down night club as Paul (Paul Barber), a tough looking man who likes to use his knuckle duster.
Paul is a volatile man with a history of violence and after learning of Tom's background in boxing
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
he takes him under his wing
Wing
A wing is an appendage with a surface that produces lift for flight or propulsion through the atmosphere, or through another gaseous or liquid fluid...
to teach him the ways of being a door man. Tom soon falls in love
Love
Love is an emotion of strong affection and personal attachment. In philosophical context, love is a virtue representing all of human kindness, compassion, and affection. Love is central to many religions, as in the Christian phrase, "God is love" or Agape in the Canonical gospels...
with the bar maid
Maid
A maidservant or in current usage housemaid or maid is a female employed in domestic service.-Description:Once part of an elaborate hierarchy in great houses, today a single maid may be the only domestic worker that upper and even middle-income households can afford, as was historically the case...
for the club and his loyalties are put to the ultimate test as Paul gets increasingly more in trouble with violent gangsters from the area.