Many purists rate Rounders as the gold standard of poker movies the ace in the hole, so to speak. Starring: Matt Damon, Edward Norton, Gretchen Mol, John Malkovich.
But, most importantly, one is fortunate if they know what it entails. Poker fans rate the poker action and drama as among the best captured on celluloid. Mike knows he should be a professional poker player because he has all the moves and understands the table’s semiotics. Dark City is a classic poker movie starring Charlton Heston in his feature debut. The luckiest people are those who have the talent. The excellent point that the film makes is that players should be who they are intended to be. Then they grab their money so deftly that the rubes don’t even recognize it. When the rounders get greedy or haughty - character, as perverted by talent – mayhem results. From the wiggle of their noses to the fluent language of their constricted larynxes, they read rubes like primers. Moreover, they are capable of alphabetizing the cards in addition to counting them.Īlthough they are excellent card sharks comparable to the best stars, they excel even more as people sharks. The film follows card players who are so high up the pyramid, so deep into the jacks and clubs ozone, that they can feel the run of the numbers and remember the order of the face cards.