The Gambler (2014)

The changes in the updated version, written by William Monahan (The Departed), don’t enhance the original story. The most drastic — a transcontinental move from New York to Los Angeles, a hostile yet slightly Oedipal relationship with a dilettante mother (Jessica Lange), and an excess slickness, manifested in the casting of Mark Wahlberg as the lead now transformed into gentile Jim Bennett — detract from the narrative. Read the review here.