Even Money (2006)
The Fix. The Gamble. The Betrayal. The Threat.
ジャンル : 犯罪, ドラマ
上映時間 : 1時間 53分
演出 : Mark Rydell
シノプシス
Gambling addiction bring the stories of three otherwise unconnected people together as it destroys each of their lives.
元空挺部隊員オーシャンは、一攫千金を夢見て、カジノの襲撃を計画した。彼はかつての仲間を集め、大晦日の午前0時、いよいよ大作戦を展開する……。エキスパートたちが華麗な連係プレーを見せる、シナトラ一家の犯罪アクション。
Bored bisexual millionaire Frédérique picks up a young street artist named Why, and whisks her away to her villa in St. Tropez for the winter season. They soon meet dashing architect Paul and both fall for him, setting in motion a ménage à trois of deception and betrayal.
An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.
Gambler Nathan Detroit has few options for the location of his big craps game. Needing $1,000 to pay a garage owner to host the game, Nathan bets Sky Masterson that Sky cannot get virtuous Sarah Brown out on a date. Despite some resistance, Sky negotiates a date with her in exchange for bringing people into her mission. Meanwhile, Nathan's longtime fiancée, Adelaide, wants him to go legit and marry her.
John Gage offers a down-on-his-luck yuppie husband $1 million for the opportunity to spend the night with the man's wife.
凶悪犯の張り込みの最中に親友で同僚の堀部の好意に甘え、数カ月前に幼い子供を亡くし失意のまま体調を崩していた妻・美幸を病院に見舞った西は、そこで妻が不治の病で助からないことを聞かされる。ショックを受ける西。だがそんな彼に、更に堀部が犯人の凶弾に倒れたとの連絡が入った。その後、犯人は別の場所で発見されるも、逮捕へのあせりから西は失態を演じ、後輩の田中が命を落としてしまう。罪悪感にさいなまれ、職を辞す西。彼は、下半身不随となり車椅子の生活を送る堀部に画材道具を贈る為、また田中の妻や余命幾ばくもない美幸との生活資金を工面する為、ヤクザから借金を重ねるようになる。しかし、その返済に首が回らなくなり、思い余って銀行強盗を決行。盗んだ金を堀部や田中の妻に送り、ヤクザに借金を返済すると、残った金を持って美幸と共に旅に出るのだった。だが、そんな西をヤクザたちは利子が足りないと言って執拗に追いかけてきた。妻との残り少ない時間を誰にも邪魔されたくない。西は、追ってきたヤクザたちを次々に殺害していく。やがて、後輩の刑事の中村が西の身を案じて駆けつけてきた。しかし、西は彼にもう少し時間をくれと頼む。静かな砂浜、妻をそっと抱き寄せた西は、自ら自分たちの人生に幕を引く。
名匠ウォルター・ヒルがライアン・オニール主演で撮り上げた傑作カー・アクション。ギャングや強盗の逃走を請け負うプロの“逃がし屋”と、彼を執拗に追う刑事、謎めいた女ギャンブラーが三つ巴の戦いを繰り広げる。
In the beginning the Devil made a bet with God. The Devil backed Eve, God backed Adam. What would have happened to love and sex if Adam hadn't taken the bite?
Isamu, a star athlete in high school, becomes a race cyclist. He wins his debut races, but soon his opponents see through his lack of strategy and beat him easily. Isamu's maths teacher, a race cycling freak, says he knows the solution to Isamu's problem. But will Isamu listen to him?
A deputy marshal arrives in the small western town of Fairweather to investigate the death of a beautiful gambler known as "The Princess".
Jay Chou is a soft hearted, mellow young man that is often fooled and used by women who only want his money. One night, he saved a young and sexy Kung Fu master, Ying Ying and she helped Jay recoup many of his bad debts and kicked his lousy girlfriends away. Surprisingly, Ying Ying is a maestro in gambling - mahjong, football betting and horse racing. However, Ying Ying suffered from amnesia, and could not remember who she was. Nevertheless, Jay plucked up courage to ask her to marry him and she agreed. On the night before their wedding, Ying Ying disappeared! Later, Jay finally found her and she is contending in the Asian God of Gamblers Competition and also had a fiancé named Henry. What was Jay to do?
Theater usherette Bunny O'Day (Clara Bow) inadvertently becomes hostess of a private gambling den, and gets involved in a romance with a ne'er-do-well gambler.
After being framed for embezzlement, Nick is sent to prison where he meets professional conman Teddy who teaches him everything he needs to know to be a wise guy. After being released from jail, he agress to work with Teddy to get revenge against Dragon, his mentor's old adversary.
When a poor college student who cracks an online poker game goes bust, he arranges a face-to-face with the man he thinks cheated him, a sly offshore entrepreneur.
A businesslike syndicate runs all the gambling joints in town; least profitable is honest Mike Lee's. Under pressure to allow cheating, Mike "walks out," leaving tough-minded daughter Lady Lee to earn a living the only way she knows. She soon becomes a success gambling among the rich, but, falling out with the syndicate, she considers the marriage proposal of blueblood Garry Madison. Can such a match work despite snobbery and old associations?
'Natural' Davis (William Powell) is a respected gambler who follows a ruthless code of honor with those who cheat against him. His wife, Alma (Kay Francis), wants to divorce him because of his addiction and lifestyle, but they agree on a reconciliation and second honeymoon together and 'Natural' promises to give up gambling. However, his plans change when his brother, 'Babe' (Regis Toomey), arrives in town looking to score big, and 'Natural' has to devise a plan quickly to put him off gambling forever.
A reporter enlists the help of a gangster's secretary to obtain evidence to bring her boss to justice.
An elderly schoolteacher is determined to rid her town of the local gambling den.
Reporter Sue Walker has too much inside information on the local gambling rackets to suit her sweetheart, Detective Lieutenant Jerry Brown, chief of the police Homicide Squad. When the call comes in that there has been a killing at Lefty Ross' place, a notorious gambling joint, Jerry is peeved when Sue beats him there. He discovers that gambler Jimmy Clark was killed as he answered a telephone call, and his body is riddled with bullets but Jerry can't find any weapon. Sue is amazed to see Gloria Cunningham there. Gloria's father is one of the town's leading reformers and she is engaged to District Attorney Richard Sutton. Ross decides to give Sutton all the information he needs and makes an appointment to go to Sutton's home. Once there, Ross is called to the telephone before he can give any information, and is killed in the same mysterious manner as Jimmy Clark.
A teacher writing a book about gambling meets a hotel/casino owner threatened by a gangster.