Top Three Gambling Movies
Here are our picks for the top three gambling movies for today.Welcome to my page of the latest Feature Movie Reviews. This page will be constantly updated with three new movie descriptions for those of you who don't really know where to start when looking for a gambling movie. Here, you'll find three great gambling movies, picked from the extensive list of gambling movies on this site. Hopefully this short list will at least give you at starting point if you want to watch a gambling movie. On the other hand, you might just be looking for a new gambling movie to watch, and this page might just give you the title of one you've never watched before. Or you saw it long ago, and have forgotten about it until now, that is. So have a look at this list of gambling movies, and if you have a gambling movie in mind that you think should be featured on this page. I'll definitely take your suggestion into account when I'm renewing the information on this page. Enjoy!
| Honeymoon In Vegas - 1992 | |
 | Jack Singer (Cage) has sworn to his mother while she was on her deathbed that he would never get married. Years later, he goes back on his promise and proposes to his girlfriend, Betsy (Parker), and quickly arranges a Las Vegas marriage. They check into the Bally's Hotel. Before the wedding, however, a wealthy professional gambler, Tommy Korman (Caan) arranges a poker game where Jack loses $65,000. Korman promises to erase the debt if he can spend the weekend with Singer's fiancée. Korman had seen Betsy suntanning near the pool and early at the conceirge desk and was reminded of his wife who had died of skin cancer, so he had personally choosen Singer knowing he could beat him. After agreeing to no sexual activity, they agree to go through with this. Jack tries desperately to get Betsy back and discovers that Korman has escaped to Hawaii where he has his family and connections. Korman has a friend, Mahi Mahi (Pat Morita), basically keep Jack as far as possible from him and Betsy. Jack discovers this and goes and finds the house of Korman on a golf course. Korman attacks Jack and has him arrested. After having Dr. Molar bail him out of jail. Mahi Mahi meets him outside and admits that Korman left with Betsy and is forcing her to marry him. Betsy doesn't want to go through with it and escapes from Korman. Meanwhile, after changing many planes and finding himself stuck, Jack finds a way of passage to Vegas via a group of Skydiving-Mormon Elvis impersonators from Salt Lake City. Jack lands and spots Betsy, which then ruins Korman's plans. |
| Two For The Money - 2005 | |
 | featuring Al Pacino, Rene Russo, and Matthew McConaughey, provides a most unexpected twist in its thrilling tale of high rolling bookie cons and sports gamblers. Brandon Lang (McConaughey) stars as a college football great permanently downed by an irreparable injury. He discovers a second talent, however, in predicting a game’s winner and loser--a talent that makes him very attractive to Walter Abrams (Pacino), one of the country’s leading sports betting consultants. Abrams takes on Lang as his protégé, moving him to Manhattan and allowing him to grow used to the lavish lifestyle. But, the seemingly perfect father/son relationship gradually unravels as Lang loses his touch and Abrams seeks too much control. The ensuing action, enrapturing even Abrams’ wife Toni (Russo), resolves in a stunning revelation of con after con, leaving viewers to wonder whom to trust. Combining the intriguing and often illegal world of sports gambling with the solid story of con against con, TWO FOR THE MONEY makes for a satisfying thriller. |
| Bingo – The Documentary - 2004 | |
 | As John Jeffcoat demonstrates in this offbeat documentary, bingo isn't just for blue-haired old church ladies these days; it's also for blue-haired drag queens, trendy hipsters, impoverished gambling addicts, and everybody in between. Scenes from the United States, Europe, and the Caribbean's one-and-only Carnival Cruise Bingo Ship are featured in this illuminating look at a versatile game and its many subcultures. |