Runner Runner

I knew once I saw the trailer this movie would be somewhat of a letdown for me, because it revealed all the critical plot-points in the film, and graciously let me know what the major twists are; so if you still want to see this movie, then make sure the trailer doesn’t get viewed.  You can’t blame the trailer for everything though, because by itself it’s just the weakling son conceived between Romancing the Stone and the Social Network.  Here’s the thing that confuses me, while the movie was going on I was entertained with the fast paced/snappy storyline, and I even thought to myself that the acting was good for both Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake, it’s just that once the movie was over I had completely forgotten what had happened; the flick was pretty forgettable.  Speaking about what had happened, let me give you a brief synopsis about what I think the film was about.  Justin Timberlake is living the American Dream by being a champion online poker player in order to make a living and pay for school, and everything was going great until (surprise surprise) he loses all his money and is forced to confront the rich douchebag in Costa Rica in order to get it back.  Well one thing leads to another, and because Justin is a grade-A wussy he ends up working for the man who once screwed him (not an innuendo).  Of course a bunch of crap goes down after that which was unfortunately revealed to me because the trailer keeps secrets about as much as Shamu keeps from killing trainers at sea world.  All in all I thought this was a “meh” film with some good parts thrown in here and there, but if I was to choose between buying and renting this movie I would most definitely choose the latter.  

2 out of 5