The Gambler
2014
⏱️ 111 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 EN
ThrillerCrimeDrama
Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Staying one step ahead, he pits his creditor against the operator of an illicit gambling ring while garnering the attention of Frank, a paternalistic loan shark. As his relationship with a student deepens, Bennett must risk everything for a second chance.
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"_You're born as a man with the nerves of a soldier, the apprehension of an angel._"
This movie works in some parts, and is messy in others. It's like a car crash I can't seem to avoid watching. I enjoy the gambling parts but have a hard time understanding the reason for his lunacy.
January 1, 2025
As for me, that one-time film. It is interesting, it shows a great picture but that's all. I think that this film could be better if producer read more gold casino reviews and understand who are the true gamblers and how they think. But it is a good movie and if you don`t have what to watch in the evening you could watch that film.
January 30, 2019
Marky Mark try'na sell a watch to a stereotype made me kinda shame-laugh, and the last act was an improvement on the first two, but _The Gambler_ is not something I would recommend to, realistically, anyone at all.
_Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product._
January 20, 2019
Crew
Director
Rupert Wyatt
Writer
William Monahan
Producer
Mark Wahlberg, David Winkler, Irwin Winkler
Production
Paramount Pictures, Closest to the Hole Productions, Leverage Entertainment, Winkler Films
Keywords
gamblinggunprofessorbeatinggamblerloan sharkreflective