Runner Runner

     Richie is into gambling and how he pays his tuition at Princeton.  He was working for a large firm Wall Street firm but lost his job plus his money during the market crash.  He loses on his latest effort to get the money he needs by betting all his funds and he heads to Costa Rica to meet with an online gambling tycoon.  Richie thinks all he needs to do is talk to Ivan Block, get his money back because of an error and then start over.  Ivan instead offers him the job of a lifetime. 

     There isn’t anything new in this film and other critics have thrown it under the bus because of its blandness.  Timberlake does a good job but Affleck is phoning in his role like Bruce Willis seems to be doing lately.  With so much opposition from every side, you begin to wonder if Richie will make it out of this alive?   2 ½* (This movie is so-so)

91 min, Crime directed by Brad Furman with Ben Affleck, Justin Timberlake, Gemma Arterton, Anthony Mackie, Micael Esper, Oliver Cooper, Christian George, Yul Vazquex, John Heard, James Molina.

Note:  Imdb 5.6 out of 10, 9% critic 34% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 2*.