And as the two stars play a pair of friends who travel the poker circuit attempting to pay off a debt, they build an engaging chemistry that bolsters the film’s quality through and through. That is how cult classics tend to work, after all. And that’s in spite of Matt Damon - fresh off his critically acclaimed screenwriting and acting efforts with Good Will Hunting (1997) - starring alongside Edward Norton, who just had an incredible string of films a few years prior, which included an Oscar-nominated performance in Primal Fear (1996).īut, again: Rounders (1998) is held in high regard today even with those initially negative numbers in mind. compositing supervisor: Encore Hollywood (uncredited) Mark Velazquez.

visual effects coordinator (uncredited) Jane Sharvina. Tamara Dobson Stella Stevens Norman Fell Tanny Tien-Ni Albert Popwell Caro. As much as Martin Scorsese may have skewered gangster history by telling Frank Sheeran’s version of things in The Irishman, he got it exactly right when he did it on.

It received lukewarm responses from critics upon release, and didn’t even double its $12 million budget when playing in theaters throughout the world. compositor: Encore Hollywood (uncredited) Christian Quickle. Gambler Jake Green enters into a game with potentially deadly consequences. Directed by John Dahl, this is the only film on the list that has gone down as a true cult classic. With Jason Statham, Ray Liotta, Vincent Pastore, André 3000.

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