Runner Runner

Ben Affleck is Ivan, a gambling mastermind and the wealthy head of an online betting operation in this crime thriller. After Princeton student Richie (Justin Timberlake) cracks the online game and swindled out of the winnings, he travels to Costa Rica to confront Ivan. Instead, the pair hit it off and Richie is brought into the operation. But as the stakes rise, the protégé comes to understand the full deviousness of his new boss and attempts to turn the tables on him. From the writers of Ocean’s 13 and co-starring Gemma Arterton (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters).

Critic Reviews:

• " Runner Runner gives both [Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck] room to show what they can do, and rather than pump up the volume, they play it close to the vest, as good gamblers would. " – Maitland McDonagh

• " The mannered speech is fun, the players are charismatic, and director Brad Furman maintains an agreeably brisk pace. " – Ben Sachs

• " A nifty, fast-talking, energetic film that dares turn the virtual – and virtually unfilmable – world of on-line gambling into a high-stakes thriller full of fights, gringos, hungry crocodiles and a perpetually pouting, glammed-up Gemma Arterton. " – Jim Schembri