Genre: Crime / Drama / Thriller Director(s): Brad Furman Release Date: 04 October 2013 Movie rating: 5.6

Runner Runner is a drama thriller starring Ben Affleck, Justin Timberlake and Gemma Arterton. The movie tells a story of a Princeton student Richie who is a former Wall Street broker who lost everything in the stock market crash. He supports himself by promoting online gambling in Princeton. Soon enough he is outed by one student to the dean and is forced to stop his activities. He decides to bet all of his savings to finance his graduation but he loses all of the money. He learns that he was cheated by a man who owns the site. Richie travels to a gambling convention because he expects to meat the owner of the website there, but meets his employee Rebecca who invites him to a party. Richie meets the man who refunds him and invites him to work for him. Richie accepts the offer in hopes of becoming rich but soon enough he learns the truth about his employer and decides to escape from him using his intelligence and money. If you enjoy unpredictable thrillers then Runner Runner is a good choice. Acting is top notch and even Justin Timberlake manages to be awesome. Locations in the movie are pretty fresh and the sets are amazing. Camera work is great and so is the sound, this movie should definitely be on your "to watch" list.

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