Introduction
Win It All is a 2017 movie directed by Joe Swanberg. It’s an offbeat character-driven film about a gambler who loses $50,000 that did not belong to him. It’s firmly set in the world of bricks and mortar establishments rather than real money casinos online.
The Main Story
Win It All is about a desperate gambler Eddie Garrett (Jake Johnson) who is in a financial hole and works as a parking attendant outside Wrigley Field to support his gambling habit. It all changes when he meets Michael who asks him to keep a duffel bag for him without asking any questions while he serves out his jail time and in return he will give Jake $10 000. Eddie however, does not stick to the arrangement and opens the bag to find a large sum of cash and several odd-looking tools.
Eddie takes $500 from the bag to gamble with and manages to win money and pay the money back. He continues to gamble and starts heading into a downward spiral which sees him owing the bag in the region of $21 000. His brother Ron decides to help him out, and Eddie starts turning his life around and replacing the money he took out of the bag, and all looks rosy until he receives a call from Michael saying he is being released early and will be collecting the bag in a week.
Panicked he begs for help from Gene, and finally, Gene relents by getting Eddie into a high stakes Poker game on the condition if he goes broke he leaves town. Eddie buys in with $15000 from the bag. He loses $30 000 and panics and decides he has to run. After calming down, he decides to put the rest of the money in the game, wins a huge pot, and is back up with a profit.
The Ending
Eddie wants to continue playing, but his friend insists he cashes out, which leads to an argument. Eddie then clutches his chest, collapses and is rushed to the hospital, but not before cashing out. He is released from the hospital, and his brother drives him to Eva’s house where the movie ends with Eddie happily eating dinner with Eva and her family. It’s a high octane movies where casino games for real money get the main character in all kind of scrapes. Well worth a watch.