Review of The Gambler (2014) by Kenmei — 11 Jan 2015
I just had a very hard time believing that everything that happens in this movie would actually happen in real life, even to the most hardcore addictive gamblers in the world. That and the fact that Wahlberg just seems out of place throughout the entire thing.
He spends the first 3/4ths of the movie spouting philosophical nonsense bout victory and death, all the while losing over half a million dollars gambling just because. Then the ending takes an extremely different turn and just doesn't go well with the rest of the movie.
The rest of the cast here just feels stiff, except for John Goodman as he is easily the best part of the movie. But the rest of it is just a hodgepodge of terrible ideas and acting, to go along with the lack of emotion that's given by each of the characters.
I wouldn't waste my time seeing this if I knew what I knew now. This is just not a very good movie.
This review of The Gambler (2014) was written by Kenmei on 11 Jan 2015.
The Gambler has generally received mixed reviews.
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