But for all his wisdom and smarts, Mike makes an idiotic move and loses his life savings of $30,000 to a Russian mobster known as KGB Teddy (John Malkovich, sporting one of the all-time worst accents ever). He mixes the narration with an explanation of poker and philosophy on life. ![]() He opens with an explanation of no-limit Texas hold 'em poker. Set in New York City, our hero and narrator is law student and poker player Mike McDermott (Matt Damon). But they could have made a better effort. ![]() With poker-mania all over ESPN, I'm not surprised that Miramax came out with this Collector's Series disc. ![]() It has more than a few flaws that director John Dahl, who likes his noir films, simply can't work around. However, I won't guarantee massive box office in 2004, even with WSoP-mania.
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