Runner Runner is the new crime thriller starring Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake. The story is pretty simple. Timberlake's character loses all of his money on a poker site, so he can't pay for college anymore. When he finds out he was cheated he decides to go visit the owner (Affleck) and he is suddenly hired to work for him.
I was actually looking forward to watching this movie. It had a good cast and an interesting premise. I'll start off with the acting. None of the acting is bad, it's just average all around. Nobody really gives a great performance with the exception of Affleck who really was awesome in the role. The writing in the movie doesn't help either. Most of the movie is just people talking and talking and talking. The problem is that the script is really boring. No one ever says anything very interesting, and the characters are not interesting at all. All the events that happen throughout the movie are never really explained too well. For example: You never really know why Affleck hires Timberlake. It just happens for the sake of the story. There's also a lot of plot points that end up going nowhere, and the film is also very predictable from start to finish. It might have been better if there was any sort of action here, but there's very little of it. When there is action though it is filmed horribly and you can barely tell what is going on.
Runner Runner wastes it's cast and interesting premise completely. It's not an awful movie, but it is very boring. The acting, writing, and directing are all uninspired and just make for a very predictable and boring movie. Runner Runner gets 1.5/5
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