Thursday, April 26, 2018

10 Best Gambling Movies

Who likes to play gambling? There are actually a lot of movies about gambling. Because the theme is about gambling, definitely the following movie list will not be far from the elements of Casino and Las Vegas. The film about gambling is usually also filled with the action genre, crime and drama to strengthen the story. This genre was very booming in the '70s to early 2000, and some will also be on the list of films below.




1. Casino Royale (2006)





A Secret Agent named James Bond is on his first mission as 007. He has to face a private banker named Le Chiffre. Le Chiffre is a banker where terrorists around the world save money. Bond had to beat Le Chiffre in a high-stakes poker game at Casino Royale, Montenegro, but things did not go as Bond suspected. If he won the game, will Bond survive?




2. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)





Four friends, had just suffered a major defeat in a failed card game in London. As a result they have to bear a very large debt. This triggers these four people consisting of, thug, marijuana farmer, gangster, and debt collectors must work together to perform various unexpected jobs. All for money, marijuana, and two antique shotguns.




3. Ocean's Series





Basically, this is a movie about robbery. There are three films in total that have been aired about this robbery. But not a regular bank robbery, this movie will tell you about Casino robbery.

This is the story of a robber named Danny Ocean and his colleagues. He is very obsessed to score the highest scores in history. In the first film, Danny recruited eleven team members to launch his mission. He launched his action in three casinos with a target of $ 150 million. The journey is very interesting and not easy, this is one of the best robbery themed movies of all time.




4. Casino (1995)





A story of greed, deceit, money, power, and murder that takes place between two friends: a sadistic mafia and a casino executive. They compete with each other for the gambling kingdom and the luxurious life of the treasures. The casino executive named Ace, while the sadistic mafia named Nicky who is a childhood friend of Ace. However, in fact they have their own tragic problems. Ace falls in love with a cheater, while Nicky falls in love with drugs and increasingly profound violence.




5. 21 (2008)





Based on the true story of six MIT students trained to be "card counters". The card counters here mean geniuses people who can manipulate poker games so they can win gambling by working together.

Centered on Ben Campbell, a genius boy who hopes to get a scholarship at Harvard. But when Ben was accepted at Harvard, he could not afford the $ 300,000 administration fee. This led to Ben's dreams almost ran aground, until one night he was invited to follow a secret extracurricular and introduced to blackjack. Together with his new friends, Ben flew to Las Vegas and earned millions of dollars. From now on, poker games will never be the same again.




6. Rounders (1998)





A young retired gambler named Mike McDermott has to come back once more to play poker with big bets to help a friend who wants to pay off a loan to a loan shark. While balancing his relationship with his girlfriend Mike should keep his commitment to go to law school.




7. Killing Them Softly (2012)





Frankie (Scoot McNairy) and Russell (Ben Mendelsohn) are two petty criminals who just robbed an underground gambling place run by Markie (Ray Liotta). Frankie and Russell's robbery was heard by Markie's boss, then an executioner named Jackie (Brad Pitt) was sent to finish off the two petty criminals and the one who ordered them. Jackie is also assigned to finish off Markie for not being able to manage his own gambling place.




8. Maverick (1994)





Bret Maverick is a great gambler who take people's money by using his charisma and tricks rather than robbing them with weapons. As a big-time gambler, Bret's reputation is unparalleled by many gamblers in the wild West. Therefore, it should not be surprising if Bret does not miss a chance to join a world-class poker game named Winner Take All held at St. Louis. But Bret must collect $ 3,000 first to sign up.




9. God of Gamblers (1989)





Do San is a legendary gambler who uses supernatural powers to gamble. One day, he must help a friend to pay off his debt. When Do San was a kid, he had an accident that caused some of his memory lost. The adventure of Do San is not easy because the loan sharks are getting closer to Do San's house. Everything will be determined on the card table.




10. Molly's Game (2017)





"Molly's Game" tells the true story of Molly Bloom (Chastain) a former Olympic skier who runs the world's most exclusive poker game for years. His players include big-time Hollywood stars like Leonardo DiCaprio and Ben Affleck, top athletes, wealthy businessmen and professional gamblers. But when a Russian mafia becomes a player, Molly begins to become an FBI target and is subject to federal allegations.

This film will tell you about the collapse and rise of Molly Bloom in the gambling world. Also about her struggle to get rid of federal allegations aided by a lawyer named Charlie Jaffey (Idris Elba).




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