![]() ![]() Numbered to zero, actually.Īs a sports movie, Rounders has much more in common with Searching For Bobby Fischer than any grand team sports tournament. It’s a situation that sets the cards into motion - believe me when I tell you I wish I could stop making poker-related puns, but there’s a much more powerful force at work here than myself - as Mike needs to raise $15,000 in a short span… or his days are numbered. Not only does he go bust in a high-stakes game with Russian mafia guy with Riddikulous Accent™ (John Malkovich), but his lapse in gambling judgment loses him his girlfriend (spunky Gretchen Mol) and gets him into trouble alongside a fellow rounder named Worm (Edward Norton), a guy who relies more on cheating than straight-up playing. Professional poker genius - a “rounder” - Mike (Matt Damon) finds himself on a bad run, both in the game and in life. But in the movie Rounders, poker is not a game - it is a job, an addiction and a calling. According to Drew, who last week had his shirt literally taken from his back in a nasty game of draw-five, it’s quite possibly the most nudity-encouraging activity one can partake in outside of watching late-night Cinemax. Justin’s review: Poker is to some a game of chance, or a gambling man’s enterprise. If you can’t spot the sucker in the first half hour at the table, then you ARE the sucker.” ![]()
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