A naive young man assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence, and chance where men gamble behind closed doors on the lives of other men.
Acting
Sam Riley's deer-in-headlights panic is painfully authentic.
Direction
Babluani shoots like he wants you to feel trapped.
Sound
Every click of that cylinder will haunt your nightmares.
Director
Gela Babluani
Sam Riley
Vince
Jason Statham
Jasper
Mickey Rourke
Jefferson
Ray Winstone
Ronald Lynn
50 Cent
Jimmy
Michael Shannon
Henry
Alexander Skarsgård
Jack
Alice Barrett
Leanne Ferro
Gaby Hoffmann
Clara
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Aileen
David Zayas
Detective Larry Mullane
Michael Berry Jr.
William
Starla Benford
Doctor Anna Cummings
Daisy Tahan
Jenny Ferro
Carlos Reig-Plaza
Warden
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Babluani remade his own 2005 Georgian film '13 Tzameti' shot-for-shot, a rarity in cinema history.
The underground gambling ring reflects post-2008 desperation — men risking everything because capitalism already took everything else.
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