Wild Card

Wild Card is a 2015 American action thriller film directed by Simon West and starring Jason Statham, Michael Angarano, Milo Ventimiglia, Dominik Garcia-Lorido, Anne Heche, and Sofia Vergara. Based on the 1985 novel Heat by William Goldman, it is a remake of the 1986 adaptation that starred Burt Reynolds. The film was released in the United States on January 30, 2015 in a limited release and through video on demand. Wild Card received negative reviews and was a box-office bomb, making only $6.7 million worldwide against a $30 million budget. Plot Nick Wild is a recovering gambling addict who takes odd jobs in Las Vegas as a "chaperone" (his version of a bodyguard) to support his addiction. After helping a client impress a girl, Nick accepts a proposition from a young man named Cyrus Kinnick to show him around Vegas and provide protection while he gambles. While eating at a diner, Nick's waitress friend Roxy hands him a message from his friend Holly, who wants him to stop by her house. Holly is a professional escort, who explains that she had a date the previous night at the Golden Nugget. After the date, she was brutally assaulted and beaten by three unknown folks in their hotel room. Holly requests Nick to find their identities in order to sue them. Nick discovers that the one who is responsible for assaulting Holly is a gangster named Danny DeMarco, who had two of his thugs dump her in a hospital car park. Nick goes to the hotel to confront DeMarco and a confrontation develops, resulting in Nick overpowering DeMarco and his men, who are tied up. Nick calls Holly, who contemplates castrating DeMarco, who then breaks down and begs her forgiveness. Holly decides to just take the $50,000 from DeMarco's desk and leaves. Holly splits the money with Nick and leaves Las Vegas. Nick takes Cyrus to a casino and whilst playing blackjack with dealer friend Cassandra, Nick goes on a huge winning streak with the next dealer, amassing over a half a million dollars, but has a sudden anxiety attack while going to the cashier and decides to keep on gambling, eventually losing all his winnings (as well as his original $25,000) on a single blackjack bet with Cassandra.