Runner Runner (2013)
Directed by Brad
Furman this film stars Justin Timberlake, Ben Affleck and Gemma
Arterton. A Harvard student goes to Costa Rica to work for an off
shore gambling site that operates in a legally grey area.
Inevitably this film
will be compared to Brian Koppleman & David Levien's earlier cult
hit Rounders (1998) and while it is not in the same league that does
not make this necessarily a bad film. What the film does well is
capture a more realistic snapshot of the online gambling industry
that you might think but neither the characters nor the story is as
relatable as the one told in Rounders. Part of the problem is the
short run time of the film that ends up favouring events over
character to the detriment of the film but it is not as bad as some
would have you think.
3/5
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