Runner Runner starts off with a solid draw, then folds on the flop.

The best parts of Runner Runner feel like a Rounders facsimile—right down to the metaphor-heavy narration—and the worst seem like a case of mission drift, as if the filmmakers set out to make a behind-the-curtain thriller about online gambling, but got hung up in paying off the plot.

Runner Runner is content to stay high gloss, with no filler.

Runner Runner’s appeal increases dramatically whenever Affleck enters the frame.

This is a lazy, trashy film that barely goes through the motions.