Wild Card (2015)
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The story
Nick Wild is a recovering gambling addict who works as a 'chaperone' in Las Vegas to support his addiction. He accepts a proposition from a young man named Cyrus Kinnick to provide protection while Cyrus gambles. However, Nick's life becomes complicated when a woman he knows, Holly, asks him to find the men who brutally assaulted her. Nick discovers the perpetrator is a gangster named Danny DeMarco. As Nick navigates the dangerous landscape of Vegas crime and his own internal struggles with gambling, he finds himself caught between the demands of his clients and the violent reality of the city's underworld.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Nick Wild is a recovering gambling addict working as a bodyguard in Las Vegas. He agrees to protect Cyrus Kinnick while Cyrus gambles. Meanwhile, Nick is approached by Holly, a professional escort who was raped and beaten by thugs belonging to a gangster named Danny DeMarco. Nick confronts DeMarco, overpowers him and his men, and Holly takes $50,000 from DeMarco's desk. Nick later takes Cyrus to a casino where Nick goes on a winning streak but suffers an anxiety attack and loses all his winnings, including his original $25,000, to a dealer friend, Cassandra. Cyrus, a self-made millionaire, wants Nick to mentor him. DeMarco's men later attempt to deliver Nick to DeMarco, but Nick fends them off. Nick meets with Baby, the mafia boss of Las Vegas, to settle the dispute. Nick tells Baby that DeMarco killed his own men to save face and bears a cut on his penis. When DeMarco refuses to prove Nick wrong, Nick returns to a diner where Cyrus offers him a check for $500,000 and a plane ticket to Corsica. When DeMarco's men appear, Cyrus provides a distraction, allowing Nick to escape to an alley. Nick kills the thugs and DeMarco with diner cutlery before accepting the check and ticket and driving out of Las Vegas.
- First release year
- 2015
- Runtime (minutes)
- 102
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Simon West
- Writers
- William Goldman · screenplay
- Cast and characters
- Jason Statham; Michael Angarano; Milo Ventimiglia; Dominik Garcia-Lorido; Anne Heche; Sofia Vergara; Max Casella; Jason Alexander; Hope Davis; Stanley Tucci
- Genres
- action; thriller
- Themes
- Gambling addiction; Violence; Mafia influence; Redemption
- Tone and mood
- Action-packed; Gritty; Tense
- Setting
- Las Vegas, Nevada during the modern era.
- Premise and plot tags
- Remake; Crime; Gambling; Bodyguard
- Source material / true-story basis
- 1985 novel Heat by William Goldman
- Reception
- The film received negative reviews and was a box-office bomb, earning a 30% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a score of 40 on Metacritic.
- Production trivia
- Jason Statham developed the project himself over five years.; Brian De Palma was originally slated to direct the film.; The script used was the one William Goldman wrote over thirty years ago.
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