Rounders (1998)

A young gambler who lost it all at a game must go back to playing with the big boys to pay off some debts. He must balance his relationship and commitments to law school.

I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5.

Starring Matt Damon (Saving Private Ryan, The Bourne Identity movies) as Mike McDermott, Gretchen Mol (3:10 to Yuma, Donnie Brasco) as Jo, John Malkovich (Empire of the Sun, Burn After Reading) as Teddy KGB, Paul Cicero (Analyze That, All Bookies Wear Speedos) as Russian Thug, Ray Iannicelli (Daredevil, Oz) as Kenny, John Turturro (Transformers movies, O Brother, Where Art Thou?) as Joey Knish, Merwin Goldsmith (Quiz Show, The Hurricane) as Sy, Sonny Zito (Leon: The Professional, Out for Justice) as Tony, Josh Mostel (Big Daddy, State of Play) as Zagosh, Mal Z. Lawrence (A Walk on the Moon, Isn' t She Great) as Irving, Lenny Clarke (Sirens, Rescue Me) as Savino and Peter Yoshida (Joe' s Apartment, Strawberry Fields) as Henry Lin.