"Runner Runner" Making People Walk To The Theaters

Opinion 
By Alyssa Ayers

Husky Herald Reporter

   Runner Runner, directed by Brad Furman, written by Brian Koppelman and David Levien, hit the box office October 4, 2013, raking in $7,706,712 opening weekend. That was a major flop compared to Gravity that opened the same weekend and made $55,785,112. To me this flop was justified by the film quality.

   The film stars were Ben Affleck, Justin Timberlake, and Gemma Arterton.

   To be short and sweet the film is about a Princeton Grad student, Richie Furst (Justin Timberlake), who gambles his savings away on an online gambling site, hoping to win money to pay for tuition. He does research on the gambling site he was on and figured out that he was cheated by the site.

   He goes to Costa Rica to confront online gambling tycoon, Ivan Block (Ben Affleck), and gets pulled into the lavish lifestyle that comes with the good and the bad.

   In my opinion Runner Runner is an okay film. It has a somewhat interesting story line with a little twist at the end. But to be honest it did not hold my attention throughout the whole 91 minutes it played.

   There were some parts that I feel were just time fillers and unnecessary. I’m glad I saw it, but I definitely would not watch it again.

   Do not get me wrong it was not all bad. There were some good situations and interesting relationships that developed throughout the film.

   If you were excited to see this movie and planned on seeing it in theaters I would suggest waiting until it comes out for rent. I just do not feel like it is worth a movie ticket to see in theaters.

   From some other reviews I have heard or read, it seems my conclusion that this movie was not very good is the same conclusion other people have come to as well.

   I wish this movie would have been better considering the actors that were in it. So again, if you are considering seeing this movie before it leaves theaters I would advise against it and suggest waiting for it to come out on DVD.
   Ultimately I would give Runner Runner three out of five stars.