Runner Runner

Runner Runner (2013) is Brad Furman's offshore-gambling thriller, available to watch online on iFILM. Justin Timberlake stars as Richie Furst, a Princeton grad student bankrolling his tuition with online poker. When a single hand wipes him out, he's convinced the site rigged the game against him.

So Richie flies to Costa Rica to confront the man behind it: Ivan Block, a smooth gambling tycoon played by Ben Affleck. Instead of throwing him out, Block hands him a job, a beachfront mansion and a fat paycheck. The catch comes fast. Richie realizes he's now a cog in a machine of bribery, money laundering and FBI heat, with no clean way out. Gemma Arterton and Anthony Mackie round out the table.

The tagline says it plainly: the house always wins. This is a story about greed and a kid who figures out the stakes a beat too late. Affleck plays Block as a cold-blooded predator, and his scenes are the reason to stick around. Stream Runner Runner (2013) online on iFILM.