A friend I know who has a history of being addicted to gambling once told me the purest he ever felt was finally paying off his debts, leaving him completely broke... But happy.
@@kalgarca compulsive gambler, yes. But the reality is 70% of compulsive gamblers can be cured. Sometimes a clean slate is enough. When the bookies want to break your neck you dont have a choice but to go full degen
Out of anyone that would have been giving him another loan shark go, he would have been the most "honest" about it. The fact that said money was turned down like it was means that there is actually a chance of avoiding the debt spiral again. I don't feel like Goodman's character didn't "like" Mark's, but rather saw it as straight business. Once Mark's character settles up on ALL the debt and denies taking the loan, he is no longer the problem of the loan sharks. Not being a problem for the loan sharks is the closest the Mark's character will be to a position where any criminal remotely favorable towards him would want, since it means that they can write him off without having to worry about chasing for money as a matter of principle. Actually honorable(to a point) criminals are the first ones to want to cut business ties with anyone that they have personal feelings for. Personal feelings gets in the way of the money, and the last thing any criminal power players wants is word on the street saying that they won't do what is necessary to protect their business.
I just lost my gratuity in options,u should know when to get out......every morning I just rush out of bed....so that I dont think of committing suicide....
Sounds like a loser to me...a real gambler wins doubles up and wins again then walks away enjoy his winnings...that line u stated is the most ridiculous thing I heard
John Goodman is literally ALWAYS the best part of any movies he is in. He just steals the spotlight all the time. Did it here, did it in Big Lebowski, did it in Flight, etc.
@@seanscott7070 Quite often. I gamble on college football. I have to cut through recruiting hype on players and SID propaganda on college teams. This allows a dispassionate critical analysis which informs my betting. Overrated is a word I often use during this process. Sports books at casinos make a killing on this one word alone. So, what’s your point?
@@kingtremaine6232 Wasn't it obvious? Apparently not. My point was of how tiring that it is to see the "underrated" delineation made, ergo given in every comment section.
The pros ate him up, I dealt Poker for 15 years, 2 years in Vegas; WSOP, young kids having over 500k in knapsacks walking around playing cash and in big tournaments. I loved dealing poker watching people sweat and pulling off big bluffs. Watching players lose 15k like it was 25 dollars, reaching into their knapsacks pulling out another 15k.
As a gambling addict 3 years sober from gambling, the greatest high was winning and the hardest pain was walking away, but your greatest victory is feeling high from no more pain.
I learned my lesson from gambling the first time I tried it over a dice game. Lost a few bucks because a lucky streak fucked me over, could have wagered again, but a friend pull me away and said no. After that, I had a long walk home and swore to never gamble again. It's the one part where you shouldn't fuck around and find out.
I never had anything remotely like the life and death stakes at this movie. But I did have to hit the blackjack table when I was broke and about to be evicted from my place. I had no other option. I took a small amount to the table, had a run of good luck like never before, and got to stay. I didn't come out with anything extra, and I couldn't even tip the dealers. Never felt that as happy and accomplished as I did then.
Flat broke, but without any debts, clear of his gambling addiction... and also got the girl. I'd say he won more than any money in the world could've got him.
Entire fucking room went silent when the man took out that money. Just the face expression and eyes of everyone there O.O O.o o.O speaks volumes. Money talks man! And when money talks, everyone shuts the fuck up!
I didn’t make the soccer team my freshman year. I joined a semi-competitive team to help myself get better, & worked out all the time, ran all the time and the song at the end of the scene was one of the songs that I listened to the most to help me get through it and it turns out my sophomore year after all my hard work I made the team and I partially credit this song to that. love this scene, love this movie.
Son sahnede siyahı beklerken yaşanan duygu, başına silah dayanması ile ayni etki ve adrenalini yaratan bir duygu. Ölüm ve yaşam. Nefesini hissediyorum dostum. Artık özgür bir insan gibi umuda koşabilirsin.
Better than the original. Best film Mark Wahlberg was ever in. Best film Brie Larson was ever in. 3rd best film John Goodman was ever in. 1) Fallen 2) Flight. I give this a solid A.
He wasn't just betting money, he was betting his life and the lives of his entire family. Once he won, he could quit. He could never match that risk again and the shear terror of the bet helped break his addiction. Now he just has to keep from falling back, but Goodman gave him the best advice in the world: Get free and just say "Fuck You!".
Did anyone notice that he wasn't calculating the extra 100 thousand in the end? That was suposed to be the tenis kid's money. He intended to be completely broke but clean of dept since the beggining. Such phenomenal writing...
I actually did this, in real life, but on a video game. an Mmorpg type game, the game that broke the guiness book of world record for most accounts ever created on that type of game. I walked in, put two BILLION coins down. won the stake. Gave all my friends and best mates everything I ever owed them, AND MORE, and I personally walked away with two hundred and thirty million. PLUS an additional two hundred and thirty million, paid out to myself over the course of 3 months so as to not blow all the money straight away. god it was amazing, that feeling of getting a full dick and a heart race was indescribable
***Spoilers Ahead of the original film*** This is a remake of the 1974 film starring James Caan. While the ending of both films has the main character paying off all his debts, in the original it's a much more brutal conclusion. James Caan convinces his student to shave points in a basketball game which the mob bets heavily on and relieves him of his debt. He then goes to the bad side of town and cheats a hooker whose pimp beats him up and the woman slashes his face. His behavior all through this film is a way of him punishing himself. A much darker outcome than the remake where Mark Wahlberg wins all his debt money back and walks away. A tacked on happy ending. The original film is so much better than this remake.The original writer of the first film absolutely hated this remake. In real life so few predicate gamblers have happy endings. James Toback wrote the first film screenplay based on his life experiences (with some filmic license). It's currently playing on Pluto TV if you want to catch it. In the original, James Caan professors salary is given as $1500/month. Even in the early 70's it would be almost impossible to live in NYC on that income.
$1500 a month in 1970 is about $11k in todays dollar. It would most certainly be possible to live in NYC on that. It was even cheaper to live there in the 70's/80's as a lot of NYC was a crime ridden shit hole, times square even was filled with prostitution and drug dealing.. Not anything like it is today.
I used to be a professional poker player for a couple of years and though I never was involved in debt and I knew when to quit the way this picture shows anxiety around gambling, those bad sessions that you feel you can't stop and you will recover your losses ohh boy , is sooo well pictured.
Whats funny about the whole "he paid back his debts and is free" is true and all, but he actually paid back his debt and had a little extra, but didn't want it for some reason. When John Goodmans character says "good boy" was that just a test to try and get him back under his hand by oweing again or was that actual profit that Mark Walberg's character just didn't want ?
He owed him whatever it was he borrowed him plus some juice then he owed the Asian guy also so he broke even. Goodman was saying he could borrow money from him juice free
As a child of immigrant parents, I've seen first hand that being able to start from zero is actually a fucking luxury in the USA. Most people start deep in the red one way or another. With few other obligations and no debts, Mark found his 'fuck you' position.
You might if your adrenaline has rattled you more than it ever has in your entire life. Not saying that he wouldn't be blistered to oblivion, but the sensation would mask the pain. Along with wind doing it's thing
A friend I know who has a history of being addicted to gambling once told me the purest he ever felt was finally paying off his debts, leaving him completely broke... But happy.
Yup, that fresh new start your friend has always wanted..
A gambler is never satisfied until he/she has lost everything
@@kalgarc never a truer word ma friend
Redemption
@@kalgarca compulsive gambler, yes. But the reality is 70% of compulsive gamblers can be cured. Sometimes a clean slate is enough. When the bookies want to break your neck you dont have a choice but to go full degen
"Good boy" it was like a father seeing a son give up an addiction. Gorgeous.
Out of anyone that would have been giving him another loan shark go, he would have been the most "honest" about it. The fact that said money was turned down like it was means that there is actually a chance of avoiding the debt spiral again. I don't feel like Goodman's character didn't "like" Mark's, but rather saw it as straight business. Once Mark's character settles up on ALL the debt and denies taking the loan, he is no longer the problem of the loan sharks. Not being a problem for the loan sharks is the closest the Mark's character will be to a position where any criminal remotely favorable towards him would want, since it means that they can write him off without having to worry about chasing for money as a matter of principle.
Actually honorable(to a point) criminals are the first ones to want to cut business ties with anyone that they have personal feelings for. Personal feelings gets in the way of the money, and the last thing any criminal power players wants is word on the street saying that they won't do what is necessary to protect their business.
@@ShaggyRogers1I never thought about it like that but it makes perfect sense. Well said.
Uncle not father. (Steen room)
A Movie just a movie, true thing will never happened like that.
@@ShaggyRogers1 be weary of old men, in a young mans business.
Really underrated movie.....
I know you are a gambler yourself. and I know its a very accurate movie cause I am a gambler too.
You know how to choose this description
uNdErRatEd🥴
Such a brilliant film. The ending was phenomenal.
Yeah the 1974 original
@@anthonymusto3537 I've seen both, this was better.
This films looks embarrassing film when you compare it to the first one though
The song choice was good. But could've been way better..
The ending was phenomenal. He didn’t have a lot of cash. But he didn’t owe anyone a cent anymore. It was the perfect ending.
Didn't he owe his mom still?
@@royfokerpoker1802 their relationship was completely over he would never see her again. So why would he pay her back?
Yep, I'm free from my debts!!!!!!!
Also the symbolism of running, sometimes sprinting, to get away from the dangers of his gambling addiction and toward a more stable future.
@@royfokerpoker1802his moms wouldn’t kill him
Anyone who has anything as small as paying off a credit card bill knows the tension and the weight lifted. Bravo.
I just lost my gratuity in options,u should know when to get out......every morning I just rush out of bed....so that I dont think of committing suicide....
As a gambler myself I can say this… “your not a satisfied gambler until you have lost everything” that’s a true gambler.
Saving Mahoney seems to be the same situation
Sounds like a loser to me...a real gambler wins doubles up and wins again then walks away enjoy his winnings...that line u stated is the most ridiculous thing I heard
It's the juice of loosing...the original movie I looked up with James Caan had a better explanation.
its true
I lost it all, and now am facing federal prison time
gambling is the most pure form of addiction
@@Piffhefnerthat line went right over your head
Jesus has John Goodman ever not been phenomenal in anything he’s done?
Speed Racer
@@Osito4loko Yeah lol I missed that. Missed The Flintstones too. Maybe that's a good thing lol.
@@Osito4loko For what Speed Racer is he does give it a good go. Hard to do much with such a weird as fuck movie.
John Goodman is literally ALWAYS the best part of any movies he is in. He just steals the spotlight all the time. Did it here, did it in Big Lebowski, did it in Flight, etc.
He can make any bad film merely mediocre, any mediocre film good, any good film excellent and so on and so forth
10 year anniversary of this movie coming up. Life moves fast. Those who are seeing this, I appreciate you. Cheers
I could watch this scene a million time and still be fu*king impressed.
John Goodman is master craftsman of acting. He criminally underrated.
How often do you refer to someone, or something as overrated?
@@seanscott7070 Quite often. I gamble on college football. I have to cut through recruiting hype on players and SID propaganda on college teams. This allows a dispassionate critical analysis which informs my betting. Overrated is a word I often use during this process. Sports books at casinos make a killing on this one word alone. So, what’s your point?
@@kingtremaine6232 Wasn't it obvious? Apparently not. My point was of how tiring that it is to see the "underrated" delineation made, ergo given in every comment section.
Re-Watching this as an adult is so much different than watching this is a college kid.
You really appreciate the insanity
I knew a guy who owned 8 successful computer stores in the 90s, in one weekend he lost his house, stores, and 500k playing poker in Vegas.
Waw. This must hurt
Ouch.
The pros ate him up, I dealt Poker for 15 years, 2 years in Vegas; WSOP, young kids having over 500k in knapsacks walking around playing cash and in big tournaments. I loved dealing poker watching people sweat and pulling off big bluffs. Watching players lose 15k like it was 25 dollars, reaching into their knapsacks pulling out another 15k.
Did he take his houses and his stores to Vegas??? How does that work I think somebody is pulling Ur leg
When he runs he runs away. He done with that. Great ending. I never have never will owe anyone money. It feels good having nobody after me.
"I'm not actually a gambler"
Dude, these words makes me feel if I am falling on a void, in peace...
I want this feeling
That feeling of freedom from a dark and trying addiction
You will find it brother. Keep fighting.
Jesus can help you. :)
I skipped this film in theaters because of the reviews it got- which I'm starting to regret.
The consumerist establishment never likes a movie that undermines them.
As a gambling addict 3 years sober from gambling, the greatest high was winning and the hardest pain was walking away, but your greatest victory is feeling high from no more pain.
I rented this one night not expecting much and then after watching it I was like whoa that was a great movie
This is not specefic to gambling but all kind of addiction such a great film love it 💜
I learned my lesson from gambling the first time I tried it over a dice game. Lost a few bucks because a lucky streak fucked me over, could have wagered again, but a friend pull me away and said no. After that, I had a long walk home and swore to never gamble again. It's the one part where you shouldn't fuck around and find out.
i know that fucking feeling at the end...i fuckin know it
I don’t encourage anyone to be in this type of situation lol
But they are when they go to college. Damn student loans
Says the poker junkie
That last fuck you, really powerful...
"Good boy."
Freedom
I never had anything remotely like the life and death stakes at this movie. But I did have to hit the blackjack table when I was broke and about to be evicted from my place. I had no other option. I took a small amount to the table, had a run of good luck like never before, and got to stay. I didn't come out with anything extra, and I couldn't even tip the dealers. Never felt that as happy and accomplished as I did then.
Such an intense moment, 50/50 spin and the wager is your life. You would have to run off that adrenaline rush, that feeling of total freedom
Now THIS is how movies should be made: leaving the best scene for last 😊
As a former gambling addict that won this is the feeling personified
Flat broke, but without any debts, clear of his gambling addiction... and also got the girl.
I'd say he won more than any money in the world could've got him.
This one scene completes the whole movie
Running away from his addiction. Golden ending. Freedom.
great last scene in the gambler 2014 with mark wahlberg aka john bennett !!!
R u gambler??
He was a gambler,
Tht honestly best part of the movie 7/10
Entire fucking room went silent when the man took out that money. Just the face expression and eyes of everyone there O.O O.o o.O speaks volumes. Money talks man! And when money talks, everyone shuts the fuck up!
Mark Wahlberg showing why he is one of my favorite Actors in this Movie he is very good in this just like he was in Broken City and 2 Guns.
2 Guns was a fun movie.
He lost 20 pounds just by this run , the run of victory
That's not possible. Start going outside and you will see.
@@johns1187 You are a moron who totally misunderstood his point. I bet you're IQ is about 60
Freedom
A mile is 120 calories, and a lbs is 3500 calories. He would need to run hundreds of miles to be able to burnt that much off.
@@AllenHanPR Depends on your height and weight too. I'd say 120-160 is the range for a mile
5:09 “Whaddya got on you? Not a Fn cent. That’s not a Fu position! Yes it is!”
That was the greatest Rush he felt literally the pinnacle. And nothing going to top that off so he was done.
Legend says John Goodman that day broke Jesse Owen's record catching up with Mark Wahlberg.
GOOD BOY !
'ALL ON BLACK'......and total redemption of a life almost lost.
I didn’t make the soccer team my freshman year. I joined a semi-competitive team to help myself get better, & worked out all the time, ran all the time and the song at the end of the scene was one of the songs that I listened to the most to help me get through it and it turns out my sophomore year after all my hard work I made the team and I partially credit this song to that. love this scene, love this movie.
Song?
@@dimehigh Outro-M83. Enjoy
@@dimehighoutro - m83
5:26 my dad reaction after i insult him
This is how I feel when I put $20 down
🤣🤣🤣
Mark is such a versatile actor ...
It's the song that's amazing reminds me of when I shutdown my buisness after 14yrs of stress and the relief of running away from it all finally
I gamble 2-3 times a week, but we always pay our debts immediately.
I wanna watch this now anything with Goodman is a good show
Imagine going all in 300k and winning lol
that's way more than 300k
Its terrific .. u would really² rich and dont know what u do with those money
@@enmu3014 i can think of a few things to do with "those money"
@@mg6192 actually, it's more than 300k, but not way more
@@aftermath4096 looks closer to 400k if you slow down theres well over 35-38 10k packs. plus the short stack.
Son sahnede siyahı beklerken yaşanan duygu, başına silah dayanması ile ayni etki ve adrenalini yaratan bir duygu. Ölüm ve yaşam. Nefesini hissediyorum dostum. Artık özgür bir insan gibi umuda koşabilirsin.
Better than the original. Best film Mark Wahlberg was ever in. Best film Brie Larson was ever in. 3rd best film John Goodman was ever in. 1) Fallen 2) Flight. I give this a solid A.
In my opinion Larsons best film is Short Term 12
@@adrianidrovo5593 sorry i can't watch anythin with the creepy Rami Malek
Great scene
That moment of limbo when you're committed to the bet and your fate is in the air... you feel more alive than you've ever known.
When the ball is spin, seriusly I can't breath..
As Jim pulls all that money the whole room gets silent.
He wasn't just betting money, he was betting his life and the lives of his entire family. Once he won, he could quit. He could never match that risk again and the shear terror of the bet helped break his addiction. Now he just has to keep from falling back, but Goodman gave him the best advice in the world: Get free and just say "Fuck You!".
You know whats funny? He made his problem the houses problem and they cant cheat them.
Amazing film!
Did anyone notice that he wasn't calculating the extra 100 thousand in the end? That was suposed to be the tenis kid's money. He intended to be completely broke but clean of dept since the beggining. Such phenomenal writing...
That's a great detail. I never noticed that until I read your comment.
Well really, none of the math adds up..
Very underrated film. Goodman as good as ever. Wahlberg's best.
Imagine it lands on red and the movie takes a dark turn 😂
Great Movie!!
“Good boy.” 👏
The movie gets some things right but in the end if you don't carry the message you never get the freedom it brings...
When you finally have no more debt. It's the most free you will ever be.
Any who doesn’t love this song and this ending to ‘The Gambler’ is not a good American.
I love when the wheel stops and Asians start laughing because he just stuck it up the house's ass on one spin.
Moral of the story: when you don't have a cent, you still have a fuck you.
I actually did this, in real life, but on a video game. an Mmorpg type game, the game that broke the guiness book of world record for most accounts ever created on that type of game. I walked in, put two BILLION coins down. won the stake. Gave all my friends and best mates everything I ever owed them, AND MORE, and I personally walked away with two hundred and thirty million. PLUS an additional two hundred and thirty million, paid out to myself over the course of 3 months so as to not blow all the money straight away. god it was amazing, that feeling of getting a full dick and a heart race was indescribable
What game was it?
@@lt_blue4658 sound like runescape.
None of that money was real.
@@ZiddersRooFurryyour mom didn't say that last night
Great scene, fuck you position? Hell yes!
One of the best lines:
“Good Boy”
Understand he is not actually a gambler, because its not his money he is losing. He has nothing to lose so therefore he's not actual a gambler.
***Spoilers Ahead of the original film*** This is a remake of the 1974 film starring James Caan. While the ending of both films has the main character paying off all his debts, in the original it's a much more brutal conclusion. James Caan convinces his student to shave points in a basketball game which the mob bets heavily on and relieves him of his debt. He then goes to the bad side of town and cheats a hooker whose pimp beats him up and the woman slashes his face. His behavior all through this film is a way of him punishing himself. A much darker outcome than the remake where Mark Wahlberg wins all his debt money back and walks away. A tacked on happy ending. The original film is so much better than this remake.The original writer of the first film absolutely hated this remake. In real life so few predicate gamblers have happy endings. James Toback wrote the first film screenplay based on his life experiences (with some filmic license). It's currently playing on Pluto TV if you want to catch it.
In the original, James Caan professors salary is given as $1500/month. Even in the early 70's it would be almost impossible to live in NYC on that income.
$1500 a month in 1970 is about $11k in todays dollar. It would most certainly be possible to live in NYC on that. It was even cheaper to live there in the 70's/80's as a lot of NYC was a crime ridden shit hole, times square even was filled with prostitution and drug dealing.. Not anything like it is today.
the difference between the rich and the poor is solely determined by who is earning vs who is paying interest - moku kayaba
i think is one of most underated film...
Don’t try this at home folks!
I used to be a professional poker player for a couple of years and though I never was involved in debt and I knew when to quit the way this picture shows anxiety around gambling, those bad sessions that you feel you can't stop and you will recover your losses ohh boy , is sooo well pictured.
After watching Mark Wahlberg run all the way to his Girlfriend I need a nap I am physically exhausted watching him run.
He should have borrowed at least £10 off Goodman at the end so he could afford a haircut.
Awesome 👌 ❤🤠🇺🇸🤟🇬🇧
The ending felt so earned 😄!
That's me after filing taxes hahaha
Fabolous ending and The gamblers only understand how he act perfect .
2 years later, hes divorced and back to gambling. With a baby.
I once did a jog like that I was 14 miles from my house after 2AM and I just felt like walking home instead of ubering. Didn't get home till like 5AM
Best movie
Whats funny about the whole "he paid back his debts and is free" is true and all, but he actually paid back his debt and had a little extra, but didn't want it for some reason. When John Goodmans character says "good boy" was that just a test to try and get him back under his hand by oweing again or was that actual profit that Mark Walberg's character just didn't want ?
He owed him whatever it was he borrowed him plus some juice then he owed the Asian guy also so he broke even. Goodman was saying he could borrow money from him juice free
That was profit he didn't want, he didn't want any connection or reminders of his gambling anymore.
What does Goodman say to him in the car? "Here's ... Cream on top"etc what's that line ?
That father figure like “good boy”….
If only some wrote a book about my life lol
Un giorno correrò così 🥺
thats living!
As a child of immigrant parents, I've seen first hand that being able to start from zero is actually a fucking luxury in the USA. Most people start deep in the red one way or another. With few other obligations and no debts, Mark found his 'fuck you' position.
What is the song playing?
Epico final, hace lo que cualquiera de nosotros haria: correr toda la noche hacia Brie Larson
After a night like that, he is running off to start a family. IYKYK
What’s that song called
The betting guy was badass for throwing that much money at a whim
He was balsey but he was also scared to shit
He was in a fuck you position, dude probably sees that much money come and go every night
@@trenttrip6205 true. He didnt even know the guy, nor did he know how much money was really was on the table
No, he was mind-breakingly stupid.
Nobody can run that far in dress pants and street shoes without being soaking wet and crippled
You might if your adrenaline has rattled you more than it ever has in your entire life. Not saying that he wouldn't be blistered to oblivion, but the sensation would mask the pain. Along with wind doing it's thing