One could say that “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” director Rupert Wyatt has been pretty lucky. But even he’ll tell you that with his followup feature, “The Gambler,” he could be back to zero.
After making the critically-renowned prison film “The Escapist,” he was scooped up to reboot the “Planet of the Apes” franchise, and did so with the praised “Rise of the Planet of the Apes.” The English director has now released his third feature, “The Gambler,” starring Mark Wahlberg. A remake of the same-titled 1974 film starring James Caan and even the inspiring Dostoyevsky novel, this project features Wahlberg as college professor in grave existential crisis. Carelessly putting himself in dangerous amounts of debt to moneylenders played by John Goodman and Michael K. Williams, “The Gambler” is the story of a man who may not survive to restart. In a year of films about Americans working hard for their success,...
After making the critically-renowned prison film “The Escapist,” he was scooped up to reboot the “Planet of the Apes” franchise, and did so with the praised “Rise of the Planet of the Apes.” The English director has now released his third feature, “The Gambler,” starring Mark Wahlberg. A remake of the same-titled 1974 film starring James Caan and even the inspiring Dostoyevsky novel, this project features Wahlberg as college professor in grave existential crisis. Carelessly putting himself in dangerous amounts of debt to moneylenders played by John Goodman and Michael K. Williams, “The Gambler” is the story of a man who may not survive to restart. In a year of films about Americans working hard for their success,...
- 12/31/2014
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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