Runner Runner

"Everyone gambles. They may call it something else, like the stock market, or real estate. But make no mistake, if you're risking something, you're gambling. And if you're gambling, then I'm the guy you want to see."

Filmology Rating: 1.5 out of 4

Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake star as Ivan Block and Richie Furst in gambling thriller Runner Runner.  Furst believes he has been swindled by Block’s online poker game, so he decides to go to Costa Rica to confront Block.  Block recruits Furst into his ring, and the business flourishes.  Things go awry, and we should feel something for one of the characters.  However, neither Affleck nor Timberlake deliver a performance deserving of caring about their character.  The plot also has giant holes, like how a broke college student can hop on a plane to Costa Rica for kicks and giggles, or how Gemma Arterton’s character is of any importance.  Runner Runner showed a lot of promise from the trailers, but the final product did not deliver, leaving me wanting a whole lot more, but at the same time wanting it to be over.

Rating: Skip It

-Megan