The American crime drama features Mark Wahlberg as Jim Bennett, a college professor who has another life playing high-stakes casino games (Blackjack & Roulette) and runs into trouble with a loan shark.
The only way to repay his loan to his gangster loan shark is to take an even bigger risk to survive. Amongst all the turmoil, Bennett has a love affair with one of his college students who discovers the double life he is living.