Frequently Bought Together
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Product details
|
Reviews
Academy Award winner Al Pacino and Matthew McConaughey, star in this adrenaline-charged thriller about the sexy, high-stakes world of sports betting, where fortunes can be made and lost with a flip of a coin.
When Brandon Lang (McConaughey) becomes the protégé of sports gambling's power player, Walter Abrams (Pacino), he swiftly becomes the golden boy of the high-rolling world for consistently picking football winners. Now, with millions on the line, he finds himself in a deadly game of con-versus-con with his new mentor.
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Being an american sports fan who likes a flutter here and there i found this sports betting based drama pretty damn good.Based around a true story it tells of how a sporting tipster became a national television figure and a hero to the army of serious sports betters out there by having an almost unbelievable run of successfull predictions.
Pacino does what you'd expect and pretty much dominates the whole movie with a charismatic,if slightly over the top performance and delivers some great dialogue and choice one liners.McConaughey also delivers one of his best performances in recent times and Rene Russo is also fine if sadly looking a little old and gaunt these days.
But i guess if you are not a sports betting fan and don't have any knowledge of American football then you may be a bit bemused by some of the dialogue.
All in all a pretty decent and entertaining film with the origionl setting of sports betting making this quite a highly charged drama.
Pacino does what you'd expect and pretty much dominates the whole movie with a charismatic,if slightly over the top performance and delivers some great dialogue and choice one liners.McConaughey also delivers one of his best performances in recent times and Rene Russo is also fine if sadly looking a little old and gaunt these days.
But i guess if you are not a sports betting fan and don't have any knowledge of American football then you may be a bit bemused by some of the dialogue.
All in all a pretty decent and entertaining film with the origionl setting of sports betting making this quite a highly charged drama.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I have to disagree with my fellow reviewer on this one. Whilst this film isn't amazing I found it entertaining nonetheless. You don't need to know anything about American Football to enjoy it, in fact in one scene Pacino's character explains to his six year old daughter enough whilst watching a game for me to understand the desired outcome.
As you would expect, Pacino is first class and McConaughey does a fine job too. They remind me of the characters Gordon Gekko and Bud Fox from Wall Street respectively, although the film is nowhere near as good as that `80s classic.
As you would expect, Pacino is first class and McConaughey does a fine job too. They remind me of the characters Gordon Gekko and Bud Fox from Wall Street respectively, although the film is nowhere near as good as that `80s classic.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
If you were being unkind, "high-class TV movie" is the way that you'd describe Two For The Money, since I first watched it on television and it was one of those films where you watched a bit more, and a bit more, and in the end I had to record the end because it was on late.
It's sad that the drama outside of the story setup is deliberately kept in the background, making it very hard to care about some of the characters. As well as Wall Street which was mentioned by another reviewer, I also thought of Glengarry Glen Ross when looking at the office scenes of competing sports tipsters.
I enjoyed it and bought it as a present for someone else but it's a shame there wasn't just a little more character development of the supporting cast to complete the picture.
It's sad that the drama outside of the story setup is deliberately kept in the background, making it very hard to care about some of the characters. As well as Wall Street which was mentioned by another reviewer, I also thought of Glengarry Glen Ross when looking at the office scenes of competing sports tipsters.
I enjoyed it and bought it as a present for someone else but it's a shame there wasn't just a little more character development of the supporting cast to complete the picture.
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Most Recent Customer Reviews
VERY ENTERTAINING
Ive you like films about extravagant money, success and the rise to the top. You'll love this film!
Published on 15 Nov 2009 by D. keir
One long cliché
Watchable but I can't believe this film came out just a few years ago. It belongs in the 80s.
One long cliché with over-the-top brash salesman scenes and... Read more
One long cliché with over-the-top brash salesman scenes and... Read more
Published on 24 Sep 2008 by Wheatgerm
Mildly entertaining
Pacino is great as a gambling demon. I especially liked the touch when he goes to the gambling addicts' meeting and hands out his card . . . Read more
Published on 29 Feb 2008 by Billy Ray Cyrus
not even one for my money
What is it with American sports films. They are all the same, they're all about the little guy, or gal, who makes it big, stumbles but then, gosh darn it, picks himself up and... Read more
Published on 26 Jun 2006 by 2cleverbyhalf
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
