Croupier Reviews

To be honest, I wonder how I ended up watching this flick but I remember that it was broadcast on TV. Anyway, it is not very often that I had the opportunity to witness the birth of a new star just in front of me. Indeed, I had never seen Clive Owen before and it would take him a couple of years to finally breakthrough with the mainstream audience but, while watching this flick, I really knew it would happen soon enough. Basically, this movie had a rather generic story but the mood was pretty neat and there always has been something intriguing about casinos. Above all, Owen was just so damned charismatic. Indeed, even though I have seen this kind of character many times before, he still managed to make this character interesting to follow. Eventually, 5 years later, Clive Owen would work again with Mike Hodges for ‘I'll Sleep When I'm Dead’ but even though the title was pretty awesome, the whole thing was just too pedestrian for my taste. Anyway, to conclude, even though it was not a masterpiece whatsoever, I thought it was a decent neo-film noir and I think it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Clive Owen’s work.