Hard Eight
EVV 1340TC
Released on Entertainment in Video.
Big Box - Rental Tape
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Veteran gambler, Sydney (Philip Baker Hall - Independence Day, Midnight Run), befriends John (John C. Reilly - The River Wild, Delores Claiborne), a young man down on his luck, and gives him a lift to Reno, Nevada. In Reno sleazy casions, Sidney teaches John the art of professional gambling.
John falls for Clementine (Gwyneth Paltrow - Seven, Emma), a cocktail waitress and hooker. When a punter refuses to pay clementine, John beats him up bably. Sydney organises the couple's escape from the poilce but John has made some shady friends in Reno, including Jimmy (Sammuel L. Jackson - Pulp Fiction, The Long Kiss Goodnight). Sydney Faces Jimmy in a deadly confrontation to silence him forever.
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