SunnyHello Nice effects though.

Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

Iseerphia All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.

Janis One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

brucebarth123 This is truly awful. It is unbelievable that movies like this get made much less shown. The only explanation might be that some very rich kids were very well connected. This was so awful that I want out of my way to register for this site. The plot was so predictable and the writing was so bad, I thought I was watching porn -in fact I was so fascinated by its mediocrity I couldn't turn it off. It's unfortunate that L. Gossett and M. Madsen got sucked into this, it's a perfect example of just what's wrong with Hollywood. not to mention "ace" Anderson -huh? talk about porn. porn names. porn plot and porn acting

redbellypig So this is supposed to be a movie about a girl whose father is a great poker player who ends up owing tons of cash to the mob because he sucks at cards. He dies to collect insurance money and to stiff the mob. OK wateva! The girl grows up and goes to Medical School and her friends decide she should enter a $5million poker tournament to pay off their student debts. Of course they do not take time to learn medicine, they instead party and hang out in casinos. OK wateva! This girl when she is not gambling discovers that her resident doctors/surgeons don't make very much money so they have to resort to extorting money from poor, illegal immigrants. OK wateva! So now this girl is playing a poker tournament for $5 million when she freaks out because Colonel Sanders sits down at her table. Oh wait, its her dad who faked his death and now returns to a televised poker tournament his daughter has entered. Let me guess that the insurance company personnel that were involved in her fathers death aren't watching this tournament even though they would probably be interested because they would be curious how that little girl's life turned out after losing her daddy. Lets also assume the mob boss isn't watching and salivating over any money the girl might win to pay off her fathers debt. Lets assume that neither recognize her dad because he now looks like Colonel Sanders. OK wateva! Now the evil Doctor who is recognized as a poker great sits down at her table to play poker. Why? because he is so broke he needs to play poker to make ends meet. Why? because doctors in the US don't make as much money as the illegal immigrants he has to extort money from. OK wateva! Now....I could go on but I don't have the energy. OK? wateva

ttbw7 This was by far the worst film I have ever seen in my entire life. The plot was absolutely ridiculous. The idea of making money off of poker was somehow sprung upon the audience with very little coherent reasoning or explanation ("Oh you're sort of good at poker based on the one hand that you won when we were drinking and playing strip-poker, so let's pay off hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of debts with our combined pseudo-talents! YAY!"). Absolutely everything about this film was awful. The script, the acting, and the photography were nothing short of laughable. I wouldn't normally post a comment at all on a film so terrible, but, somehow, this film managed to be so particularly horrendous that it was thought provoking in itself.

markd3-2 **May contain some spoilers** I wanted to enjoy this movie, I really did.Too many flashbacks during the first half the movie - it was ridiculous.The acting especially during the more emotional scenes was pretty bad. I thought Dominique Swain's performance was uneven at best. At times, she was okay but in some scenes I thought she was pretty bad.I like Michael Madsen but he didn't have a lot work with here and his character disappears for most of the movie. It's always nice to see Louis Gossett Jr, and I wish he was in more of the film in a mentoring role (for Swain).The supporting cast was charming enough but not really adequate.I think this film tried to accomplish too much. A gambling father, a relationship between father and daughter (and wife), a medical school career challenge, a conspiracy at medical school, a relationship with a boyfriend, a poker championship and a reuniting of father and daughter.I think it would have worked much better if the film stuck to Swain trying to win at Poker and being mentored by Louis Gossett Jr and Michael Madsen. Forget about showing Medical School and the conspiracy.I don't know how I managed to watch the whole movie but the best scenes were during the Poker matches and when Madsen, and Gossett Jr. were on screen.