Rounders
1998 · 2h 1m · Drama, Crime
Watch it tonight if you're into slick crime dramas with high stakes and moral compromise — Rounders is a stylish, tense poker thriller with Matt Damon and Edward Norton firing on all cylinders, and it's become a cult classic for good reason. Skip it only if you need explosions and car chases, because this one builds tension through cards, dialogue, and the slow realization that our hero might be in over his head.
Plot
Poker addict Mike McDermott knows the game inside out, but loses his money one night in a game to Russian-American gangster Teddy KGB. Promising his partner Jo he'll give up, he meets up with best friend Lester 'Worm' Murphy, just out of prison and owing lots of money to the wrong kind of people. McDermott becomes his co-guarantor and now there's only one way to raise the money, the pair have to get back into the game.
Director: John Dahl
Cast: Matt Damon, Edward Norton, John Turturro, Gretchen Mol, John Malkovich
