Film Review: Colin Farrell Amazing as Thief in Edward Berger's Exciting Movie
A review of Ballad Of A Small Player with Colin Farrell as a thief and con man who loves gambling and hides in Macau
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Ballad of a Small Player is a movie by Edward Berger. Colin Farrell plays Lord Doyle, a British con man hiding in Macau, China. Doyle loves gambling but always loses money.
He has big problems with a hotel bill and ran away from the UK after stealing money from an old woman. He meets Dao Ming who works at the hotel, and Cynthia Blithe, a woman who wants to catch him. The movie mixes real things with dreams, so you don't know what is true.
Farrell acts really well and shows Doyle's difficult life. The movie talks about addiction and being desperate. Macau looks like a magical city for gambling.
The style is wild and colorful.
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