The Gambler (1974)
Directed by Karel Reisz
New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling addiction that threatens to destroy him.
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A disappointing thriller from Rise of the Planet of the Apes director Rupert Wyatt, The Gambler is a remake of the 1974 James Caan gem of the same name, which itself was loosely based on a 1867 novella by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, one of the grandpapas of existentialism.
While stylishly composed and edited with music composed Jon Brion (and Theo Green) that recalls the artist’s work with Paul Thomas Anderson, The Gambler never quite takes off.
Directed by Rise of the Planet of the Apes helmer Rupert Wyatt, The Gambler has a solid visual shorthand and style to it that is actually one of the better aspects of the film.
Rupert Wyatt’s latest film — an unnecessary remake of Karel Reisz’s James Caan-starring The Gambler — is one more glaring example.
Pointless remakes are pretty thick on the ground nowadays, so one shouldn’t be surprised by “The Gambler,” Rupert Wyatt’s new take on Karel Reisz’s 1974 film.
Two 1974 classics: “California Split” and “The Gambler.”
It's essentially a twisted, over/under gambling story, not unlike Karel Reisz's The Gambler (1974), wherein our protagonist rushes around borrowing things, hocking things, betting on things, and hoping everything evens out, or else he's going to meet an unpleasant fate.