The Gambler is pretty much a misfire of concept – even if it makes the admirable move of going for a different thematic angle on the original material.
In The Gambler we meet Jim Bennet (Mark Wahlberg), the son of a wealthy family and a highly intelligent literature professor/writer. When Jim finds out that his inheritance will not be at all what he expected, he embarks on a dangerous venture in his secret life as a high-stakes gambler.
Before too long at his dangerous game, Jim finds that he is in debt to several major gangsters. Worse than that, the people close to him (his mother, a potential lover, a prominent student athlete) are soon targeted as “collateral” for Jim’s debts. But for Jim, being behind the eight ball is not a hell, but rather a state of …
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