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Princeton grad student finds himself caught between the FBI and a malevolent
online gambling tycoon in this thriller from The Lincoln Lawyer director Brad
Furman. A whiz at the virtual-poker table, bright young Ivy Leaguer Richie
(Justin Timberlake) had nearly raised enough cash to pay his tuition when he
lost it all in the blink of an eye.
Convinced that he's been cheated
and determined to confront the swindler, Richie hops a plane to Costa Rica, and
comes face-to-face with online gambling mogul Ivan Block (Ben Affleck), who
introduces him to a world of wealth and privilege.
Meanwhile, the FBI
has been watching Ivan, and attempts to strong-arm Richie into turning
informant. With Richie's help they could bring Ivan's illegitimate empire
crashing to the ground. But who's more dangerous, the entrepreneur who feeds
his enemies to crocodiles, or the agents who seem like they're willing to break
the law in order to uphold it? |
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Okay, not sure
what happened here in this movie. It starts out fine with a believable premise
that Richie has been taken by perverted software. Then it gets more intertwined
with real life mimicking the fraudulent behaviour of the old Full Tilt affair.
And then.... . It gets lost in a mire of underworld games and
gangsters.
Ben Affleck plays his part well and Gemma Arterton doesn't
but then she can appear anywhere and it will look better. They could have had
something here but it did not work. Great Cinematography though with beautiful
bodies everywhere. Sunday night film with a few beers. And by the way, Runner
Runner refers to hitting case card and then case card to win in Texas
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| Director |
Brad
Furman |
Ben
Affleck |
Ivan
Block |
| Producer |
Leonardo
DiCaprio |
Justin Timberlake |
Richie
Furst |
| Writing |
Brian
Koppelman |
Gemma
Arterton |
Rebecca
Shafran |
| Cinematography |
Mauro
Fiore |
Anthony Mackie |
Agent
Shavers |
| Cert./Runtime |
15 /
91 |
Michael Esper |
Billy
'Pet' Petricoff |
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