Film

High Rollers

Name: High Rollers
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Cast: Markice Moore, Azur-De, Jadah Blue, Jason Mitchell, Michael Rubenstone

Coming-of-age

A young man chases his murdered father's ghost to Las Vegas, believing him a legendary gambler. When improbable luck turns him into a high roller, Antoine learns the intoxicating difference between the myth you inherit and the ruin you create. A crime thriller about idolatry, desperation, and how quickly fortune becomes quicksand.

Should you watch it?

Watch it if you like crime stories where the pull comes from a character's hunger to be somebody, and the gambling tension builds slowly enough that every winning hand starts to feel like a loan coming due.

Skip it if you want a film with a lot of runtime to settle into, or you need the story to be fully fleshed out, since this one is still in production and its details may shift.

What it asks of you: It asks you to stay with a character whose judgment is slipping, to sit through quiet, tense stretches at the card table, and to accept a story that is still taking shape.

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GoodFellas1990

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But Nearly 2.5 hours and densely packed. The violence is brutal and not prettified.

The Killing of a Sacred Deer2017

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The wildcard

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Requiem for a Dream2000

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But Visually punishing and utterly depressing. The final act is genuinely harrowing and leaves you wrecked.

Scarface1983

Tony Montana's rise from nothing to cocaine kingpin, powered by pure will and blind ambition. A masterclass in how fast you can climb and how hard you fall.

But Extremely violent and deeply cynical. Some find it glorifies the very excess it means to critique.

The Gambler2014

Mark Wahlberg's lit professor loses everything to gambling, chasing redemption through deeper holes. Tense, self-destructive, and morally reckless in ways that feel very current.

But Somewhat uneven in tone. Wahlberg's character is hard to root for, which the film seems to notice only halfway through.

A Prophet2009

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City of God2002

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But Heavily stylized and chaotic. The rapid cuts and overlapping narratives can feel overwhelming.

The Drop2014

Tom Hardy as a quiet bartender in Brooklyn who gets tangled with mobsters and their money. Understated, tense, and full of the kind of danger that whispers rather than shouts.

But Slow-burn. If you prefer plot momentum to atmosphere, you'll feel it dragging.

In Order of Disappearance2014

A Norwegian widower becomes a vigilante after his son dies, dragging himself and everyone else into escalating violence. Dark, darkly funny, and genuinely unpredictable.

But Subtitled and tonally strange—it zigzags between brutal and absurd in ways that don't always land.

Tokyo Drifter1966

Like Antoine, the protagonist is defined by loyalty to a world that doesn't deserve him, caught between the man he was supposed to be and the one he's becoming.

A yakuza enforcer tries to go straight but is pulled back into the underworld. Visually sumptuous, deeply stylized, with a hero trapped between loyalty to a dead code and a chance to escape.

But A 1960s Japanese crime film: black and white, deliberately theatrical, with a plot that hangs loose. If you need contemporary realism, look elsewhere.

Smashed2012

Same psychological core as High Rollers: a person who borrows against their future (money, health, sobriety) believing they can pay it back, learning too late they're playing a game they can't win.

Two alcoholics navigate marriage, self-deception, and the moment you realize your addiction was always going to win. Small, intimate, and devastatingly honest about how people lie to themselves.

But Intensely bleak and character-driven. Nothing is resolved because recovery isn't linear, which some find unsatisfying.

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Where to watch

Not streaming anywhere we can see.

Checked 18 October 2026.

Age rating

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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Status: In Production