Eric Bana plays Huck Cheever, the son of a great poker
player named L.C. Cheever in this father and son drama set in Las Vegas amid
the world of high stakes poker. Huck has inherited his father’s gift for cards.
He can compute the other player’s hands in his head and make sharp bets. He
also has a reckless side which keeps him from ever really being the big winner
his father was, and still is. Huck wants to show him up and become the big
winner himself.
In the weeks leading up to the big Las Vegas Texas Hold ‘Em
Poker Series Chuck must find a way to raise the entry fee of $10,000 in order
to play. He will do anything to play in this game, if only to show his Dad that
he can do it. He embarks on a week- long spree in which he begs, borrows,
gambles and even “steals” in order to come up with the money.
When Huck meets up with his Dad, L.C., played by Robert
Duvall, he is a bit shaken, the man is a legend. But with a new love in his
life, Billie, played by Drew Barrymore, he is more determined than ever to be a
winner. He gets his chance to show his famous Dad up by winning the series in
which the old man plays against him, but will he be able to do it? L.C. claims
that Huck lets his emotions get in the way, preventing him from winning. Is he
right?
This is a much nuanced film with an ending that will make
you smile to yourself when you realize that winning takes many different forms.
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