The majority of films released these days contain some amount of crime in it, from buildings being bombed to taking candy from a baby. Both are examples of crimes. Whenever an illegal activity is taking place it can be consider a crime. Hollywood has been using this genre since the birth of films and radio. There are many different forms of crime in films, illegal poker being one of them.
Rounders is centered on illegal poker and the life styles that result from it.
A Rounder is a player who knows all the angles and earns his or her living at the poker table. Rounders takes a different approach than Hard Eight that was recently released in 1997. Director Paul Thomas Anderson used less Hollywood glitz and shows you what it s really like to have your life earnings lost on one hand. Poker, not law, is Mike s passion and at times becomes addicted to its grasp. Throughout Rounders you find yourself inside the psychological rush of this high stakes game.