Runner Runner Page #8

Synopsis: Princeton grad student Richie, believing he's been swindled, travels to Costa Rica to confront online gambling tycoon Ivan Block. Richie is seduced by Block's promise of immense wealth, until he learns the disturbing truth about his benefactor. When the FBI tries to coerce Richie to help bring down Block, Richie faces his biggest gamble ever: attempting to outmaneuver the two forces closing in on him.
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Director(s): Brad Furman
Production: 20th Century Fox
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.6
Metacritic:
36
Rotten Tomatoes:
8%
R
Year:
2013
88 min
$19,316,646
Website
713 Views


You want to arrest me? F***ing arrest me!

I'll f***ing kill you! I don't give a sh*t!

All right, let him up!

We went about this all wrong.

I'm sorry, are you okay?

I'm sorry.

But I don't have time

to f***ing play with you.

Take a picture with me.

Happy smile, gringo.

Here we go.

Good.

Now you have 48 hours

to get me what I need on Block.

A piece of evidence

that will hold up in court.

If you don't, he gets that picture

and your life goes to sh*t.

Let's go.

Come on, Cronin,

what the f*** did you do with it?

Cronin really got his nose in it.

Layers and layers of financial crimes.

Block using player accounts

as his own piggy bank.

Laundering money and, of course,

Block's contingency plan.

Me.

Oh, my God.

There's enough evidence on here

to put Block or me

away for a long time.

Have you been booking travel?

I have.

I put everything I have into it.

Planes aren't cheap.

Thank you.

Block has been siphoning

the player account money

and directly routing it to bank accounts

with my name on them.

But when this goes public

it's going to look like I own them.

All the bank account info,

the missing money, everything.

Ivan's told me to pack.

We leave in 48 hours.

Everything's ready in Antigua.

You know I'm with you.

New love.

What are you doing?

Uh, you know, I was just leaving.

I was gonna go make the rounds.

One last payoff to El Capitan.

This isn't poker, this is my life.

And I have one play left.

Push all my chips in and hope to get lucky.

Did you bring something for me?

I am a man of my word.

Very good. I'm also a man of my word.

Hey, where you going?

You know, for being such a smart kid,

you make some dumb f***ing moves,

you know that?

You don't think I know who that guy is?

Where he works, what he does? Hmm?

You don't think I know

what you're trying to do?

You're done, Richie.

I think you should just walk outside

and get in my car.

There's gotta be some kind of deal

you and I can make.

Thank you, Richie,

but I'm well taken care of.

I think you should

stop embarrassing yourself,

walk outside,

and get in the motherfucking car, man.

You don't think I'm taken care of, too?

Richie Furst.

Shavers.

We found Cronin beat half to death,

but he's alive.

Thank God.

Where are you?

Are you bringing me evidence?

No. I'm bringing you something better.

Block timed it perfectly.

He's out the door

by the time the bribes stopped

and the police took everything down.

Yeah?

Hey, Richie. Where are you?

At the office.

Ivan, what the hell is going on?

The site's been frozen.

Listen, Richie, you're about to

get arrested, okay?

I'd love to tell you that I was gonna come

down to the police station

and bail you out

but we both know that's not true.

Sorry it worked out this way.

I like you, you're a good kid.

But it is what it is.

Sorry, pal. Bye.

You all right?

Yeah, set.

You'll find another boyfriend

when we land at the next stop.

Younger and dumber next time.

Dumber won't be easy.

Where the f*** is Wilson?

I haven't seen him.

Let's go. He'll have to fend for himself.

Do you mind? Sun.

I love new beginnings.

Any new industry, the first 10 years,

it's like Russia after Communism.

It's all strength and will.

And now, it's time

for a little nuance and finesse.

Every player has

a leak in his game.

Even Block.

All you have to do is find it.

You really saw me coming,

didn't you?

The cars, the boats, the money, everything.

You handpicked me,

and you slow-played it perfectly.

What did you expect me to do, Richie?

Walk into my party,

accuse me of cheating

in front of all my friends.

I can't let that go by.

That's the problem with your generation.

You guys sat around

with your vintage T-shirts

and your participation medals

and you never did anything.

And you got too big and too greedy.

Okay. What are you gonna do about it?

You don't think I own this place, too?

And where exactly do you think this is?

Bienvenidos a Puerto Rico, Ivan!

Territory of the United States of America.

The Captain, a man of his word.

I knew deep down you were just homesick.

You know what

your biggest problem is, Ivan?

You talk and you talk,

but you don't actually hear yourself.

Well, I did.

And you're just like every other

gambler who comes onto your site.

You press it, when you should have

folded and moved on.

Later on, when you're in prison,

that voice you'll be hearing in your head

isn't your conscience,

it's fear.

Ivan Block,

you're under arrest, my friend.

How's it going, fellas?

Better than you.

Money laundering, racketeering, wire fraud.

Look under your feet.

That's American concrete.

Kiss it, because you'll be sleeping on it

for a long time.

We'll see.

That's the great thing about America,

we go soft on financial crime.

Maybe eight months on a farm,

something like that.

Maybe I'll see you around, Richie.

Good luck, sir.

Get this piece of sh*t in the car.

What about him?

Him? He's a cooperator.

Yeah, don't worry about him.

Think about him banging your girl

while you're in jail.

Now, here's the good part.

You have the right to remain silent.

Anything you say can and will be used

against you in a court of law.

You have the right to an attorney.

If you cannot afford an attorney,

a really f***ed-up one

will be provided for you.

Listen, I want you to get Richie Furst.

I want to start this debriefing ASAP.

You don't think he's on that plane?

You got to be kidding me.

Go with the ground crew!

Hey! Somebody stop that plane!

We had a deal!

Sh*t!

- Agent Shavers?

- Yeah?

I have something for you.

Thank you.

He's a free man.

Let's go!

What would you do?

Back to Jersey, or...

I've never even been on a private plane

before today.

You get used to it pretty quickly.

Maybe I already have.

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Brian Koppelman

Brian William Koppelman (born April 27, 1966) is an American filmmaker, essayist, podcaster, TV series creator, former music business executive and record producer. Koppelman is the co-writer of Ocean's Thirteen and Rounders, the producer for films including The Illusionist and The Lucky Ones, the director for films including Solitary Man and the documentary This Is What They Want for ESPN as part of their 30 for 30 series, and the co-creator, showrunner, and executive producer of Showtime's Billions. more…

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