Runner Runner
Dir: Brad Furman
2013
**
Brad Furman's Runner Runner sees Justin Timberlake and Ben Aflleck on full smarm offensive. The film deals with relatively young but mega rich on-line gambling entrepreneur Aflleck defending himself against accusations of fraud from a young, smart, ex-Wall street dealer who lost his entire savings in an on-line poker game. Instead of going to the authorities, Timberlake goes straight to source and ends up with a rather nice job. Cue poor Bond villainesque shenanigans, Cartel nonsense and an unconvincing romance. Instead of character development, director Brad Furman relies solely on good looking extras and an abysmal script. The film does look good and it tackles a seedy world that I dislike immensely but other than that, I didn't much care for it.