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will show you a crime thriller film from
2005 titled revolver
spoilers ahead watch out and take care
after seven years of confinement cockney
gambler jake green is finally freed from
prison
two years after his release he and his
brother billy go to one of the most
important casinos in the area with the
intention of getting back the money they
are owed by the owner crime boss dorothy
matcha ignoring his bodyguard paul's
advice he allows jake to join his
private game on the way up jake
hesitates to take the elevator because
of his claustrophobia but the other
bodyguards remind him they must climb 20
floors so he gives in and takes the
elevator while fighting a panic attack
jake's first bet is on a chip toss
against another player at the table
which he loses but this is on purpose
he's manipulating matcha into a sense of
false security so when he makes the same
bet with him he wins this time
billy and jake hurry to leave the casino
with their bags full of cash and on
their way out they're stopped by zack
who tells them they're in danger and he
can help them before giving jake his
card
this time jake decides to take the
stairs but before he can even go down
one step he passes out and falls down as
the card is revealed to say take the
elevator while jake is rushed to the
hospital matcha expresses his worries to
paul jake must want bigger revenge after
seven years in jail especially after the
incident with his sister-in-law so much
orders paul to hire the best hit man in
the business to get rid of him at the
hospital jake is told no cause for the
blackout could be found at a first
glance so he should go home and rest
while waiting for the blood test results
billy goes to his own house while jake
takes the bodyguards for protection but
all of them are shot as soon as they
arrive
the only reason why he manages to dodge
is that he finds a card on the floor
that says pick this up so he bends over
to do exactly so he tries to escape in
his car but the driver is shot too
luckily for him zach arrives just in
time to save him and take him away the
hitman sorter can't understand how he
missed since he never misses and
theorizes someone must have tipped jake
off what he tells matcha when he scolds
him however is that he missed because he
had a bad feeling
meanwhile zach takes jake to meet his
partner avi who has somehow put his
hands on jake's medical file the test
results are in jake has a rare blood
disease that will cause his death within
three days the men offered jake their
protection in exchange for two
conditions which are not negotiable he
must give them all their money and do
anything they ask for including
answering any questions they give him
three hours to decide but jaski leaves
without saying a word because he's
convinced they're trying to trick him
the results he gets at the hospital are
the same ones but jaskier once again
thinks the lab must have been paid by
zack and avi so he gets a second opinion
from his private doctor who also gives
him the same prognosis
after threatening him with his gun to
make sure he isn't also being paid jake
admits he has no choice and after taking
money from the bank goes back to accept
the men's deal as they go out for a ride
avi explains their loan sharks and it'll
be jake's money that they'll be loaning
after visiting their first client to
drop the money avi demands jake to tell
him all about his history with matcha
machia used to have three very stupid
men working for him called the three
eddies they lost their card man before a
big game and knew jake was a good player
so they called him to replace him jake
wanted to refuse but they threatened
billy's family so he had to accept to
protect them
during the game however the other man on
the table began insulting jake and his
mother
jake wouldn't accept that so he started
a gunfight the power went off the money
disappeared and the next thing he knew
someone dropped his name and jake was
being questioned by the police to keep
him from talking they threatened his
niece and accidentally killed his
sister-in-law when she tried to protect
her daughter jake didn't tell the cops
that matra organized the games and was
sent to jail for seven years during that
time the eddies upset matcha in some way
which resulted in him using them as
concrete after visiting a bunch of
clients zack sends jake to stay at a
motel
meanwhile matcha and paul visit crime
kingpin sam gold considered the ultimate
figure all other crime bosses want to be
like
however gold never receives visitors so
instead they meet with his advisor lilly
walker who accepts to broker a powder
deal with matcha
she also reminds him that gold doesn't
like publicity or give second chances
sometime later jake gives zack and avi
more money before he's asked about his
time in jail while playing chess with
avi
jake had been given two options 14 years
of normal time or seven years of
solitary so he chose solitary his cell
was between two men's a chess master and
a con man that had been there for a long
time and while they never talked to each
other they knew everything about each
other during the first five years of
jake's sentence the three of them would
communicate by sending messages written
on the library books and that was how
jake learned their formula to win any
game in the world
the two men were planning a prison break
and promised to take jake with them but
when they finally left they disappeared
without a word and left jake behind when
he was released two years later he found
out those two men had taken all his
money and only left behind a note that
said you can only get smarter by playing
a smarter opponent so jaker started
using the formula to make himself rich
at various casinos as the days pass jake
continues working by visiting various
clients and giving away his own money
he's also supposed to threaten them if
they don't pay but he can't bring
himself to hurt innocent desperate
people
meanwhile avi and zack are chaining the
side of a wall to a truck so when they
pull they break said wall and steal the
safe on the other side
this safe has the powder matcha had
promised lily so when he finds out he's
been robbed he sends paul to solve this
no matter what it takes paul goes to see
their rival triad kingpin lord john who
accepts to provide them with a powder on
such short notice but only for an
overinflated price
jake zack avi and their team go to the
hotel where the exchange will happen
they sneak into a room next to the thugs
to make a hole in the wall and inject
sleeping gas putting both matchas and
john's men to sleep then they steal the
money and the powder framing it to make
it look it was matcha that robbed john
and vice versa
sometime later jake gets a call from
billy who tells him he's been asking
around and has found out that zach and
avi are so dangerous that not even gold
would touch them so jake should get out
of there
jake doesn't listen and goes back to
work where he's being expected to shoot
a scared client he refuses and tries to
shoot avi instead but he realizes the
gun is empty right before avi knocks him
out
jake wakes up hours later in the motel
and gets a call from avi saying he
survived his third day so he should get
a checkup after being visited by his
niece and billy who leaves him a gun
just in case jake goes to see his doctor
who confirms the diagnosis had been
wrong and jake is fine he tries to call
avi and demand answers but avi only says
he'll have to wait meanwhile paul has
been gathering information and jake's
name has come up as involved in all the
problems his men have been going through
so much orders him to kill him when jake
returns to the motel avi and zack are
waiting for him and warn him that
match's thugs are waiting inside the
room
jake runs away and the men go after him
but he manages to lose them especially
when one of the thugs slips and shoots
himself by accident
the other criminals find the body and
think jake did it jake goes to see abby
and zack at their office where they
confess they've always known jake didn't
tell them the whole truth about his old
deal with the eddies those three clowns
had been waiting for jake when he got
out of prison to kill him since what he
did cause them to get fired by matcha to
save his life he offered the eddies a
deal every month he would give them
three percent of any money they would
lend them
the first time only one eddie agreed to
it but when they saw he kept his deal
they all wanted to be in this time for a
four percent in truth jake was paying
each eddie with another eddie's money so
he wasn't losing anything it came to a
point where they didn't have any more
money to lend so they borrowed from
matcha who quickly became interested in
the eddie's mysterious moneymaker man
after gambling with the formula and
making himself rich jake chose that
moment to take a vacation with his
brother and niece and that was when
matcha killed the eddies for not paying
him back
speaking of matcha he's having dinner at
a fancy restaurant when he's visited by
his henchmen that tell him jake escaped
sorta recognizes john's lover pretending
to be a waitress so he shoots her before
leaving the restaurant to go after her
driver however his shooting is still off
and he only got to hurt her not kill her
so before dying the woman manages to
shoot matcha's finger off in the middle
of the commotion
then sorter is sent to lord john's
hideout to kill him and his men
back to jake he's still chatting to zach
and avi while they play golf on a roof
they explain to him that nobody ever
gets to see gold because he doesn't
actually exist he's just a
representation of ego and the
personification of greed he only has
power over those who invest in him
so what jake needs to do is change the
rules of what he allows to control him
afterward jake takes the rest of his
money from the bank and donates it all
before sneaking into matcha's bedroom
while fighting with the voices in his
head that represent his ego jake
apologizes to matcha for tricking him
out of his money accepts him as the
superior crime lord and tells him he's
made a donation in his name before
leaving in order to confront his fears
jake takes the elevator which gets stuck
on the 13th floor while fighting off a
panic attack he has a conversation in
his mind in which he rejects his ego
finally stepping out of the game as a
free man
once the elevator being's working again
jake reaches the ground floor and finds
matcha waiting for him with a gun driven
crazy by his own ego
however jake is at peace with himself
and simply walks past him which drives
matcha mad because he can't understand
how someone won't fear him
he begins crying as he understands how
thoroughly humiliated he's been
the next morning paul brings much all
the local newspapers for him to see his
name plastered all over them jake hadn't
been lying when he said he made a
donation in matcha's name and now
everyone thinks the casino owner cares
about the community matcha is happy to
take the credit but his happiness is
short-lived paul also informs him that
jake has the powder and he's been
playing them all along
paul sorter and the rest of match's
henchmen go visit billy who manages to
hide his daughter in the cupboard when
he realizes one of his bodyguards has
betrayed him
once he's found the men begin hurting
him while interrogating him not
believing when he says he doesn't know
where jake and the powder are paul's
methods are quickly escalating and
sorter starts feeling uncomfortable
especially when they make the girl come
out of the cupboard after they hear her
sob refusing to hurt a child sorta
rejects his ego and begins killing his
fellow henchmen methodically and
effectively but he makes a mistake at
the end and gets killed too meanwhile
matcha is visited by lily she brings him
a wreath sent by gold who isn't happy
with seeing matcha's name all over the
newspaper since he doesn't like
publicity
lily also informs him that matcha's time
is over and he won't have a second
chance which sends him into another
panicking frenzy avi and zach take jake
and the powder to matches casino where
avi finally beats jake at a game of
chess while confessing the last few
details of the story he and zach had
been the men in the cells next to jake's
and they always wanted to take him away
with them but he hadn't been ready to
accept the truth implying they have been
nothing but merely figments of jake's
imagination
unfortunately he doesn't have time to
come to terms with this because at that
moment the casinos bodyguards come to
take him to see matcha who has the girl
with him after dropping the bags of
powder on the floor jake tells his niece
everything will be fine which drives
matcha mad because jake is still showing
no fear even when he's pointing his gun
at the child
humiliation causes the ego voices in
matcha's mind to reach the conclusion
that jake can't hurt a dead man so he
puts the gun against his head and shoots
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