Mike's Review: When I first saw the trailer for this movie I was pretty psyched to see it, my first impression was that it was going to be another type of card movie similar to "Rounders" (1998) but with more of a slick tech twist. Then it finally came out and I started to hear the rumors and all the bad reviews it was getting. But I stuck to my original impression and still wanted to see it. Going into this movie all admit my expectations were kind of low, and maybe that was a good thing, because I left the theater thinking it was better than I thought it was going to be...and I actually enjoyed watching it.
This movie won't win any awards and it really didn't offer anything new to the genre, but it was still entertaining and kept my attention. Justin Timberlake I thought did a decent job acting, and I knew Ben Affleck would be pretty good as well. My only complaint was how tame the movie was compared to other movies with this type of 'setting up the good guy-good guy turning it around' movies. What I mean is that it was rated R but it could have very easily gotten away with a PG-13 rating. Maybe that would have helped it bring in more money at the box office.
Best Scene: I liked how it all wrapped up in the ending. You knew it was going to happen, you just didn't know how it was going to happen.
Mike's Rating: Matinee. Good enough to see on the big screen, just not at full price.
Bean's Review: This movie was better than I initially expected, as it began a bit slow-ho-hum. However, the storyline picked-up and it got the viewer involved. Justin Timberlake’s character is a gambler, but not an “addict”. His addiction is the “chase” and the need to please his unconscionable and evil boss, a part played well by Ben Affleck, at almost the cost of Timberlake’s character’s soul.
Although the plot was a bit thin in places and it
seemed almost too easy for Timberlake’s character to double-cross his boss, it
was an entertaining movie.
As my co-reviewer has stated, “Justin
Timberlake is a better actor than singer”.
Best Scene: where Affleck’s character “scares” the two Costa Rican
officials at the crocodile pit
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