![]() After he loses his post-grad nest egg to a weird Russian kingpin (John Malkovich)-and also loses his disgusted girlfriend (Gretchen Mol) in the process-Damon's character turns to an unreliable old buddy (Edward Norton) for a dangerous game of sharking wherever there happens to be a game underway: frat boys, cops, bad dudes, you name it. ![]() Matt Damon stars as a reluctant law student who can't put aside his subterranean career of playing poker and blackjack for big money. Still, it is a real curiosity, written by a couple of guys (David Levien and Brian Koppelman) who appear to know something about the dark underbelly of card hustling for fun and profit. A little drunk on its own arcane exotica as a gambling movie, Rounders is a film that takes us inside a world of high-stakes card players but falls short on such essentials as character development, relationships, that sort of thing.
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