![]() Poker is relegated to the background, and the script reveals only what you need to know to get by, hoping that regular rushes of jargon ("white meat" means profit, "play on your belly" means no cheating) will create a suitable mood. But you soon realise he's more concerned with the destructive Damon/Norton friendshipthan the game itself. ![]() What is the plot of Rounders A young, reformed gambler must return to playing high stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks, while balancing his relationship with his girlfriend and his commitments to law school. The first half-hour is smoothly atmospheric: Dahl's night-time camerawork mimics the seedy, washed-out palette of the basement card-joints, all curling wisps of smoke and long shadows. Mike McDermott, Teddy KGB, Abe Petrovsky, Lester 'Worm' Murphy, and Petra. ![]() While Rounders can't be faulted on its poker knowledge, the rest of the movie struggles to match this professionalism. Card players, it seems, need the rush of a flush in the same way an alcoholic needs a can of Special Brew. In Teddy KGB's colour-drained gambling den, the ABCs of the game are explained by Damon's cool-headed voice-over. ![]() Rounders is arrogantly indie, sneaking you into the basement world of the compulsive gambler and sitting you down at the table. Last Seduction director Dahl no doubt hoped to create a tale of friendship set against the backdrop of poker - The Colour Of Money with cards. ![]()
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