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Post by ck100 on Jul 7, 2021 1:31:53 GMT
Any of you ever seen this movie starring Al Pacino and Matthew McConaughey from the director of "XXX: Return of Xander Cage"? Unless I'm mistaken, it sounds like the movie is a sports version of "The Devil's Advocate" without the supernatural stuff. Leonard Maltin Movie Guide Review: Two for the Money (2005) - 2 out of 4 stars
"Hotshot hustler who promotes sports gambling over phone lines recruits a former football player to join his team, and fashions him as a protégé--with many strings attached. Although "inspired by a true story", this needlessly convoluted yarn goes on too long and takes far too many detours to score. Pacino is compelling to watch, as always, but his character is alternately inscrutable and infuriating. Super 35."
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Post by jcush on Jul 7, 2021 1:37:40 GMT
I thought it was pretty good, mostly because of the cast. McConaughey, Pacino, and Russo all give good performances that carry the story.
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Post by politicidal on Jul 7, 2021 1:56:14 GMT
That’s a fair description. Both this and The Devil’s Advocate make a weird “Al Pacino plays a shady mentor to naive protege” trilogy with that Colin Farrell movie The Recruit.
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Post by Hurdy Gurdy Man on Jul 7, 2021 11:37:47 GMT
Hardly. It's more like Wall Street-lite.
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