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Is it a requirement that Andy Garcia play someone associated with Gambling at this point in his career. He plays a guy named Fingers (various reasons given for the name) who has a psychic enforcer. Everyone in the film is connected by these two guys.

The film was ok. I sort of found it bothersome that the characters were named after feelings (pleasure, love, sorrow, etc.). It may have worked if they actually were the personification of that feeling, but the film sort of failed on that.

Forest Whitaker was underused in the film. Sarah Michelle Gellar was whiney. Brendan Frasier was wooden. Kevin Bacon was unexplainable. Julie Delpy played a doctor doing research that takes no precautions when working with poisons.

The film wasn’t a bad film, it wasn’t a good film. It was an ok watch. Not necessarily a recommend unless you have run out of most other options.

imdb.com

A drama based on an ancient Chinese proverb that breaks life down into four emotional cornerstones: happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love. A businessman bets his life on a horse race; a gangster sees the future; a pop star (Gellar) falls prey to a crime boss; a doctor must save the love of his life.