The quick money

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Movie
German title The quick money
Original title Two for the Money
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2005
length 122 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director DJ Caruso
script Dan Gilroy
production Jay Cohen ,
James G. Robinson
music Christophe Beck
camera Conrad W. Hall
cut Glen Scantlebury
occupation

The quick money (original title: Two for the Money ) is an American thriller from 2005 . Directed by DJ Caruso , the script was written by Dan Gilroy .

action

The handsome and smart Brandon Lang has achieved a successful college football career as a quarterback . He was seriously injured during a game, but all too soon he started training. However, he is no longer accepted into the squad by his team or by any other American football team, so that he has to end his career as a sports invalid .

Instead, Lang now works as an employee of a switchboard, where he sits in a small box in the open- plan office to make recommendations for sports betting. Due to his many years of experience in the football field, he achieved an extremely high accuracy of up to 85%, which is why he was soon recruited by Walter Abrams.

He heads a consulting company in New York City , which sells tips for sports betting via a free hotline. Customers are free to call, but they pay Abrams a commission from the profits. The entrepreneur, who is married to Toni Morrow and has a daughter, also produces his own TV program: The Sports Advisors .

Abrams is a proletarian upstart who enjoys life to the full. His language is partly obscene, and Brandon is a bit reserved at first. Abrams is completely unscrupulous and even hands out his business card at a meeting of gambling addicts. Abrams creates the fictional character "John Anthony" for Lang. Under this pseudonym he appears to the customer when arranging sports betting. John Anthony is an alter ego for Brandon Lang . He dares to do everything, is slick and invincible.

At first, Lang became more and more successful as "John Anthony". This goes so far that the once addicted Abrams puts a large part of his fortune on one of Lang's tips. Abrams humiliates a colleague who was previously number one in his company. Anthony becomes the superstar of the company and Abrams imposes supernatural powers on him.

However, the more Lang focuses on acting like "John Anthony" shaped by Abrams, the worse his hit rate in sports betting becomes. The relationship with Abrams is gradually deteriorating. Abrams repeatedly manipulates his protégé . When Brandon loses a fortune for a mafioso, the latter threatens and humiliates him. Also, Lang now realizes how he ruined some gullible customers and regrets his actions. He becomes aware of this, but cannot find his way back to his old marksmanship and so finally flips a coin to determine the winning team at the Super Bowl . Abrams even gave its customers a guaranteed profit that could ruin the company completely.

Surprisingly, this team, which was initially well behind, was able to decide the match for itself with the last move. At this point in time, Lang had already started the journey into his old life.

Although Lang has restructured the company with this tip , he is returning to his homeland in Las Vegas to work as a football coach for a youth team. Here he tries to teach the young people different ideals than he learned in New York.

Reviews

James Berardinelli wrote on ReelViews that the first hour was tense, but then the script became clichéd. The role of Walter Abrams is "tailor-made" for Al Pacino, and seeing his "calculated exaggerated" portrayal is fun. Matthew McConaughey is not playing the best role of his career; the other actors would hardly make an impression.

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on October 7, 2005 that the film shows Al Pacino, who is experiencing a fruitful creative period. Ebert also praised the "wonderful" portrayals of Matthew McConaughey and Rene Russo, who would, however, play less distinct characters than that embodied by Al Pacino. The betting advisors are not presented realistically, which is not a serious problem.

Cinema magazine called the film a "failed" Wall Street "variant.

background

The film was shot in New York City , Las Vegas and Vancouver . Its production amounted to an estimated 35 million US dollars . The film grossed approximately $ 22.86 million in US cinemas. In Germany it was released directly on DVD in July 2006.

In Abram's office, in the background, is a framed jersey with the name of producer James G. Robinson printed on it.

Awards

  • The German Film and Media Evaluation FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the title valuable
  • AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 2006
    • Nominated for the Movies for Grownups Award in the Best Grownup Love Story category between Rene Russo and Al Pacino

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Certificate of Release for Fast Money . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2006 (PDF; test number: 105 043 K).
  2. ^ Film review , James Berardinelli , accessed January 7, 2008
  3. ^ Film Review , Chicago Sun-Times , Roger Ebert , October 7, 2005
  4. ^ Film review , Cinema , accessed January 7, 2008
  5. ↑ Filming locations according to the Internet Movie Database , accessed January 7, 2008
  6. ↑ Budget and box office results according to the Internet Movie Database , accessed January 7, 2008
  7. ↑ Premiere dates according to the Internet Movie Database , accessed January 7, 2008