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Steve Buscemi isn’t a betting man, but he took a chance on a first time writer/director to step out of the character actor realm and take a starring role in Saint John of Las Vegas. It’s far from a masterpiece, but Hue Rhodes manages to do Buscemi justice providing him with a character ripe with emotion and a fascinating complexity. Buscemi returns the favor by powering the film with an engaging oddity.
John (Steve Buscemi) is down on his luck, big time. He flees Las Vegas in an effort to ditch a gambling addiction and get a fresh start. He gets himself a nice home in a quaint neighborhood and a good job working for an auto insurance company. His new innocuous existence is disturbed when his boss, Mr. Townsend (Peter Dinklage), decides to pair him up with the company’s top fraud investigator, Virgil (Romany Malco), to investigate a suspect claim. If he performs well, John could be promoted to a level six adjuster. The only problem is, the location of the assignment is John’s old stomping ground, Las Vegas. John is a complex character. He’s an average man just trying to make a living, but he’s also a guy battling an intense demon, gambling. After pushing the blackjack tables and roulette chips aside, he finds solace in the minimalistic thrill of winning a couple of bucks on a scratch off card. Once we meet scratch card-crazy John, Rhodes switches the action to the office where John is a completely different guy. He’s level headed, an excellent employee and even a bit of a ladies man. The early establishment of his contradictory qualities makes John a likable yet pathetic character, which fuels the rest of the film.
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