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Player 5150 (2008)
689
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Joey (Ethan Embry, Can't Hardly Wait) is a successful day trader at a high-end brokerage house, he has a beautiful fiancée and a home on the beach. He has it all and a lot to lose. Now the gambling addiction that has plagued him for years has him on the run and he must put everything on the line...including his life.
Style:
tense, captivating, exciting, suspense, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
gambling, obsession, addiction, bookies, rise and fall, dishonesty, rivalry, danger, game, card playing, gambling addiction, casino, mental health, wrestler, mob, crimes
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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