The Gambler

The Gambler (2014) is a crime drama by Rupert Wyatt you can watch online on iFILM. Mark Wahlberg stars as a literature professor whose secret life at high-stakes tables is pulling him toward the edge.

By day Jim Bennett lectures students about talent and meaning. By night he loses everything at the table, again and again. When he borrows from a gangster and puts up his own life as collateral, the clock starts: seven days to pay or pay differently. Bennett plays his creditors against each other, draws close to his student Amy, and bets it all on one shot at a clean slate.

This is a reworking of the 1974 film of the same name, with a screenplay by William Monahan, who won an Oscar for The Departed. John Goodman delivers a much-quoted monologue on freedom as loan shark Frank, while Jessica Lange and Brie Larson anchor the rest. Stream The Gambler (2014) online on iFILM.