Matthew McConaughey Carried The Movie Like a Football

Rating: 7/10 (1 October 2006)

Does the thrill of sports betting get you excited? Imagine being able to pick winners consistently for your favorite games! Matthew McConaughey and Al Pacino, pull away the curtain to reveal the winning secrets! Your nerves and blood pressure will hit an all time high! Are you ready to push your limits? Do you want to feel the rush?
Are you addicted to gambling? Is sports betting legal? Sports betting is big business on the internet and there are more gambling websites than ever! Walter Abrams(Al Pacino) and Brandon Lang(Matthew McConaughey) give you a sneak peak into the secret world of sports betting.
Imagine yourself, getting ready to put down a thousand dollars on the team picked to win! The game starts and you can feel the energy as your heart starts to beat faster. You know that thousand could turn into ten thousand! Your hands start to sweat and you feel the rush!
At this point, you know that everything is riding on your team to win. You owe some people a ton of money and the bills are stacking up, but you just can't stop, you know deep inside you have a winner.
Does this sound familiar? Who doesn't like the feeling of winning! Winning a little feels good, but winning an avalanche of cash is an all time high. You feel the draw and pull in your heart to be on top, no matter what the cost. You remember what it was like to win and how everyone around you cheered!
Matthew McConaughey seems to have the odds against him once his leg is injured in a college game. The injury stopped his dreams of going professional and hitting the big time. Years pass by, while he is predicting with crystal ball precision, winning sports scores for a small time 900 number company. Then one day he gets a call from Walter Abrams(Al Pacino) that changes his life.
Matthew McConaughey ends up in the New York fast lane, under the tutelage of sports betting power house Walter Abrams(Al Pacino). Matthew McConaughey consistently picks winners like a machine and becomes the Million Dollar Man.
Hold on to your blood pressure pills, because your adrenaline level will shoot through the roof watching this movie. You will be on edge as you watch Matthew McConaughey rise to the top and then go to the bottom. Do you think he will recover? The answer comes down to flipping a coin and the thrills in this movie give you a roller coaster ride from hell.
You are in the pressure cooker and you are pushing your limits. Your team had better win and your putting all your trust in the world's ultimate gambling power player. Matthew McConaughey and Al Pacino deliver a world class performance. I bet Pete Rose is watching this movie with his fists clenched and hopefully no handcuffs.
How do internet sports-books avoid breaking the US law? Apparently, most are located offshore in foreign countries and also house their computer servers there. You can bet someone is making a fortune. Two for The Money is a Winner!
If you love the thrill of sports betting, I bet you will love this movie!