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About the Film

Year

2014

Rating

R

Genre

Drama

Running Time

112 MIN

Synopsis

Academy Award® nominee Mark Wahlberg delivers a “career-defining performance” as Jim Bennett, a brilliant professor leading a secret double life as a high-stakes gambler. When Jim is forced to borrow money from dangerous gangsters, he places the lives of those he loves in mortal danger. With time running out, he must enter the criminal underworld and risk everything to keep from losing it all. John Goodman, Brie Larson and Academy Award-winner Jessica Lange star in the thrilling film critics are calling “gritty, intense and wholly engrossing.”* *Scott Mantz, Access Hollywood

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Where to Watch

Digital

About the Cast

Mark Wahlberg

Jim Bennett

John Goodman

Frank

Brie Larson

Amy

Michael Kenneth Williams

Neville

Jessica Lange

Roberta

About the Crew

Director

Rupert Wyatt

Producer

Mark Wahlberg

Producer

Stephen Levinson

Producer

Irwin Winkler

Producer

Robert Chartoff

Producer

David Winkler

Executive Producer

David Crockett

Executive Producer

James Toback

Executive Producer

William Monahan

Based on Characters by

James Toback

Writer

William Monahan

Music Scoring

Jon Brion

Music Scoring

Theo Green