'The Gambler' Review
The Gambler The Gambleris pretty much a misfire of concept - even if it makes the admirable move of going for a different thematic angle on the original material. InThe Gamblerwe encounter Jim Bennet ( Mark Wahlberg ) , the son of a loaded family and a extremely intelligent lit prof / writer . When Jim finds out that his hereditary pattern will not be at all what he expected , he ship on a unsafe speculation in his secret life as a high - post gambler ....