‘Runner Runner,’ ‘The Act of Killing’ Arrive on Home Video
Director Brad Furman’s “Runner Runner” never pretends to be more than lightweight entertainment, and the lack of pretense makes it better. The story centers on Richie Furst (Justin Timberlake), a graduate student promoting a gambling website in order to pay his way through Princeton. Viewers are supposed to see him as a genius because he has a knack for numbers. That doesn’t, however, prevent him from losing his entire bankroll to the very site that he promotes.