The Cooler (2003) 厄運急轉彎
The Cooler is a 2003 American drama film directed by Wayne Kramer. The original screenplay was written by Kramer and Frank Hannah.
Nebbishy Bernie Lootz has little going for him - he lives in a dreary efficiency unit in a rundown Las Vegas motel, he's indebted to Shangri-La casino boss Shelly Kaplow, who years earlier cured him of a gambling habit by destroying his kneecap, and he can't recall the last time he had physical contact with a woman. His success as a "cooler" is jeopardized when cocktail waitress Natalie Belisario seemingly takes an interest in him and his luck - and that of those around him - takes a turn for the better. What Bernie doesn't know is that Shelly has paid the woman to seduce him into staying in town. What Shelly doesn't know is that Natalie actually has fallen in love with Bernie - and vice versa. Additional complications arise when Shelly, an old-timer who resents the Disneyfication of Vegas, resists the efforts of new Shangri-La advisors, including Ivy League graduate and condescending upstart Larry Sokolov, to update the property and bring it into the 21st century.
Directed by Wayne Kramer
Produced by Sean Furst
Written by Wayne Kramer, Frank Hannah
* William H. Macy ..... Bernie Lootz
* Alec Baldwin ..... Shelly Kaplow
* Maria Bello ..... Natalie Belisario
* Shawn Hatosy ..... Mikey
* Ron Livingston ..... Larry Sokolov
* Paul Sorvino ..... Buddy Stafford
* Estella Warren ..... Charlene
* Arthur J. Nascarella ..... Nicky Bonnatto
* Joey Fatone ..... Johnny Cappella
* Ellen Greene ..... Doris
中文片名：厄運急轉彎
英文片名：The Cooler
北美上映日期：2003/11/26 (限定地區)
類型：犯罪、驚悚、愛情、喜劇
導演：韋恩克拉默 Wayne Kramer
編劇：Frank Hannah、韋恩克拉默 Wayne Kramer(8面埋伏)
演員：威廉梅西 William H. Macy(冰血暴)、亞利鮑德溫 Alec Baldwin(珍珠港)、瑪莉亞貝拉 Maria Bello(自動對焦)、朗李文斯頓 Ron Livingston(上班一條蟲)、保羅索維諾 Paul Sorvino(超級轟天雷)、艾絲黛拉華倫 Estella Warren(決戰猩球)、喬伊費登 Joey Fatone(我的希臘婚禮)
發行公司：獅子門
語言: 英
字幕: 無
片長: 101分
這片名相當的有趣（所謂Cooler就是賭場雇來負責帶塞的人）。台灣沒有商業上映過，有沒有在影展上映就不可考了，因為時間有點久。我會想看這部電影主要的一個原因就是有Maria Bello，最近覺得她實在美翻了，而且也很
性感，算是熟女當中個人最欣賞的一位。這故事相當的簡單，就是剛開始The cooler因為諸是不順，所以真的很帶塞，有他在的場合大家都輸錢。但是突然他和Maria Bello相愛了，那種帶塞的運氣也完全消失，反而替大家帶來好運。故事雖然有些轉折，不過發展讓人覺得有點不順暢，還好演員們表現都很不錯，讓這電影不至於太遭。此外這部電影中的音樂很對電影的味，Mark Isham為電影譜出的曲子有種懷舊的味道，但和電影的調性搭配的很棒，裡面幾首爵士味道的歌曲也很讚，原聲帶值得收藏。
伯尼(威廉梅西)是全拉斯維加斯賭城最衰的人，碰到他的人都會倒大楣，賭場大亨(亞利鮑德溫)看中他的煞星本色，利用他來牽制賭場的幸運賭客。直到伯尼遇見他的幸運女神─雞尾酒女侍(瑪莉亞貝拉)，並對她一見鍾情，情況有了180度大轉變，伯尼開始鴻運當頭，卻艱苦到了賭場老闆，賭場老闆決定採用卑鄙手段拆散他倆的戀情。
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