Films about betting naturally have tension since danger is a prominent theme in them. Punters in gambling movies are sometimes compared to that senior cop who accepts this last crime while retiring. It is not really entertaining to see anyone be wise and careful, although it is entertaining to witness someone repeatedly risking his safety in the expectation of that ‘One Big Score’. Typically, they will not have a serene home situation upstate where they can sit back and collect their profits.
Vegas Vacation
Well, so we already understand that it is not a very great film. It’s maybe the weakest Vacation film since the awful Ed Helms version. So you’ll have to simply bear with us on this one since it contains what is arguably the greatest, silliest gambling joke ever. In essence, Wallace Shawn’s outstanding performance as Marty the operator torments Clark Griswold as he acquires a psychiatric disorder. Because of his poor gambling skills, Clark once paid $20 to play these games “Pick a Value Between 0 and 1 and 10?” in a “cheap” casino. He predicts “4”. The trader just accepts his money after saying, “No, 7.” While leaving, Clark mutters to self.
Lucky You
The late Curtis Hanson abruptly ended his fantastic L.A. Private Boys/8 Mile/In Her Shoes operate with this mainly cliched tale of a megastar poker player, Eric Bana, with a complex interplay with his sometimes-larger legendary poker player dad. The film was made during the height from the now World Series of Poker fad. Even though viewers have seen this plot in several superior sporting films and this one even features a Big Game towards the conclusion, both Bandera and Redford manage to locate some reality in their roles. The ticket sales failure of this film signalled the end of Hanson’s run of success.
21
21 transforms an intriguing arithmetic and biz tale into a kind of foolish bank robbery film with a lot of the young, attractive performers trying to pull something over on Kevin Spacey. The film is based on a true (if adorned by author Ben Mezrich) tale of the MIT Table games Team to beat the residence for nine years. The film was condemned for “trying to whitewash” in its hiring, transforming the majority of Asian-American real-life actors into stereotypical white people. Spacey seems really proofread in this scene. However, it’s an intriguing look into the mathematics underlying wise betting for a small period of time, just before Spacey is abducted and assaulted in a hotel room.
Let it Ride
A strange little farce about a compulsive gambler who is always a loser, one night, wins on each and every wager made on horses. While this could end out to be a catastrophe in a movie such, perhaps, Uncut Gems, herein, it’s just a goofy ’80s comedy.