Justine Timberlake stars as Ritchie in Runner Runner, a modern take on a old story. When he loses thousands of Dollars on online poker he realises he has been cheated, and travels to Costa Rica to draw it to the attention of the Website owner Ivan Block, played by Ben Affleck. Block takes Ritchie under his wing and gives him a Job, but everything is not as it seems.
Runner Runner is an engaging gritty movie that moves along at pace and holds the attention throughout, however it suffers from a degree of predictability, so I found myself often one step ahead of the movie, and I'm not usually the most observant cinema goer.
The storyline is interesting, and keeps the right side of believability, with decent performances from Timberlake and, in particular, Gemma Arterton, this is a a decent film, but lacks that little extra that turns a good film into a great one 8/10
Runner Runner is an engaging gritty movie that moves along at pace and holds the attention throughout, however it suffers from a degree of predictability, so I found myself often one step ahead of the movie, and I'm not usually the most observant cinema goer.
The storyline is interesting, and keeps the right side of believability, with decent performances from Timberlake and, in particular, Gemma Arterton, this is a a decent film, but lacks that little extra that turns a good film into a great one 8/10
Good film. Always a joy to watch Justin Timberlake. Don't really like Ben Affleck though. I resent he got the part of Batman too lol.
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