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milestogo

(17,988 posts) Sat Nov 18, 2023, 10:39 AM Nov 2023

The Gambler on Amazon Prime (2014)

If you ever wanted to see the life of an average person who becomes addicted to gambling, this is it. Mark Wahlberg plays a professor who gets into gambling debt and it pretty much destroys him.

I guess this is a remake of a 1974 movie in which James Caan starred.

I like Mark Wahlberg more with every movie I see him in.

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The Gambler on Amazon Prime (2014) (Original Post) milestogo Nov 2023 OP

I saw the original which was pretty depressing. bif Nov 2023 #1

I had to do a google search on Wahlberg milestogo Nov 2023 #2

bif

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1. I saw the original which was pretty depressing.

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Sat Nov 18, 2023, 03:31 PM

Nov 2023

I have mixed feelings about Wahlberg. On the one hand, he's not a bad actor. But after hearing about how he almost beat that Asian man to death, I'm a bit hesitant to watch his movies. I feel the same way about Kevin Spacey.

milestogo

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2. I had to do a google search on Wahlberg

Reply to bif (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 18, 2023, 04:01 PM

Nov 2023

to find out about the incident: Wahlberg, who was 16 at the time, claimed he was high on PCP.
I've heard that he's changed, and become a devoted Catholic. After playing a porn star in one of his first roles, he's now a lot more thoughtful.

Kevin Spacey, OTOH did his dirty deeds as an adult and denied everything. He's a great actor, but hard to watch.

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