There's pleasure to be had in Zak Penn's slight poker satire, notably from Werner Herzog's ripe card player: "It is essential for me to kill something each day.
It doesn't have to be a large animal. I squish an ant once in a while." Woody Harrelson stars as a degenerate gambler who hopes to save his grandfather's Vegas casino by snagging $10m at the Grand Championship of Poker. Worth a punt.
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