This is not a nice game

Rating: 7/10 (1 April 2020)

This was surprisingly good, One of those unbelievable true stories. It follows Molly Bloom who finds success organizing poker games for wealthy and or celebrity clients. For a decade she runs the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game until she is raided by the FBI for hosting members of the Russian mob. Molly turns to a charismatic-honest lawyer to keep her out of jail and our story begins.
I couldn't care less about poker but the way the story is told in voiceover from Jessica Chastain is gripping. She does a fantastic job with this role. Idris Elba is the lawyer, they have great chemistry, while Elba does a good job of looking good in every scene, Lots of interesting side stories to follow, Molly's professional skiing and Olympic career, drug use, the money, multiple cameos -mostly as poker player dudes. Kevin Costner is her dad. Some violence as Chastain gets beaten up bad by the Russian mob. I liked this one a lot.