The best sequel to the greatest movie!

Rating: 10/10 (6 November 1998)

From the opening scene to the ending black out this movie holds you and never lets you go. It's a movie about love not the love most people think about when the word is mentioned but the love only a Hustler could know. It is the excitement, the allure of the bet, the gambles taken, the quest to find out who is the best, for the simple love of the game, and the love of money. "Money won is twice as sweet as money earned" Oscar winner Paul Newman gives us yet another wonderful performance as Fast Eddie Felson back from his early retirement and thirsty for the feeling of youth the game brings back to him. He finds Young Vincent (Tom Cruise) in a bar and grabs hold of this young phenom in hopes it will get him back in action. He sees the gift he once had in the game, and brings Vincent the experience the years have giving him in return. This is a great movie that can get the blood pumping in your veins quicker than skydiving.