If there is one poker movie that truly needs no introduction, it’s Rounders. However, for those who may have missed it somehow (or need a bit of a refresher), the 1998 American drama tells the story of Mike McDermott (Matt Damon), a law student who is pulled back into the world of underground high-stakes poker to help his friend “Worm” (Edward Norton) pay back a debt.
Slowly but surely, Mike gets back into poker (despite promising to leave the game after a devastating loss against Teddy KGB (John Malkovich)), but his relationship with Worm creates new problems and new debts that he takes on as his own.