matthew mcconaughey sports gambling movie

(HH, B, C, AbAb, LLL, V, SS, NN, AA, DD, MM) Strong humanist, materialistic worldview with moral premise about the pitfalls of gambling, living on the edge and hedonistic materialism, with some light Christian elements of redemption, but strong negative discussion of God and religion including a phrase that at a party God “shows up with hookers and Viagra ” 84 obscenities (mostly “f” words) and four profanities sports action depicted and one scene of a man’s leg grotesquely broken in a football game, plus man gets pulled off his bike, punched, threatened at gun-point and urinated on by some gangster-type characters depicted fornication, candid dialogue of sexuality and genitalia, prostitution depicted and implied, passionate kissing between married and unmarried couples, and one adulterous kiss upper female nudity, naturalistic upper male nudity while working out and man in bath towel alcohol use throughout the film, drunkenness implied and depicted compulsive cigarette smoking and reference to Viagra and very strong miscellaneous immorality with the entire movie based around gambling and sports-betting, and compulsive behavior is a major theme, although it is not extolled or glorified, but rather shown to be people’s downfall. With strong addictive behavior shown, the movie overwhelms you with its look at the “dark side.” Add to that the sexuality, fornication, nudity, prostitution, human defecation, and overly abundant foul language, the audience has a nice mixture of “the worst humankind has to offer.” With very few pros and a lot of cons, TWO FOR THE MONEY is definitely not one to bet on. Regrettably, the audience must endure the journey. Well made and acted, TWO FOR THE MONEY is a complete journey that shows the pitfalls, dangers and addictions of gambling. With his world collapsing, personal threats from big players and Walter pushing him to the brink, John Anthony must find the edge he lost or lose it all. Then John’s streak runs out, with millions of dollars of other people’s money riding on every decision. The payoffs get higher, but so do the stakes. Brandon’s alter-ego continues his lucky streak.

Soon, Walter transforms the small-town Brandon into the big-city John Anthony, his gambling protégé. TWO FOR THE MONEY follows Brandon Lang (Matthew McConaughey), a former college football star who goes to work for a high-profile sports-gambling bookie, Walter Abrams (Al Pacino).

Matthew mcconaughey sports gambling movie