According to what I see online, "Runner Runner" is a boxoffice flop.
If it is, it's because 20th Century Fox hasn't promote it well. It's a heckuva movie. J, my buddy, and I saw it today. It wasn't $5 Tuesday, but we thought it might be a good Guys' Movie. (We'd intended to see "Gravity," but our timing was wrong, so we opted for Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake.)
The trailers we'd seen over the past several weeks hadn't really given us much of a feel for what the flick is about. I'm glad, though, we saw it.
"Runner Runner" lacks the normal Guys' Movie requisites. No gunplay, not much fighting; I don't remember even one explosion; no car chases. And...no gratuitous sex.
So. What makes it even worth considering as a Guys' Movie, let alone a good Guys' Movie?
I'm glad you asked. The subject matter — online gambling — and the story. It holds your attention, and it's convoluted enough to be really interesting. (I note here that neither J nor I are prudes. Far from it. And neither of us remember even one F-bomb! So if Pottywood tries to tell you they can't make good movies without language that makes your ears smoke, tell 'em they're full of it!)
Again, I digress. (There's a lot of that going around lately....) Guys, I promise you. You'll like this movie. It's a weenerI And you can even take the "Little Woman." That should count for something....
So I give it 5 knuckle sandwiches just 'cuz I want to and 3 IBM Selectrics for story.
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