All Square (2018)

All Square: Directed by John Hyams. With Michael Kelly, Jesse Ray Sheps, Pamela Adlon, Isiah Whitlock Jr.. A down-on-his-luck bookie befriends an ex-girlfriend’s son and begins taking bets on his youth league baseball games, creating chaos in the community.

“John (Michael Kelly) is a bookie whose black-market business is being severely undercut by online gambling and the unwillingness of his clients to pay him the money they owe. So he is deciding to bet on local Little League games.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;All Squareu0026quot; hits too many familiar beats to be memorable, also it remains low to the ground for the most part not to mention that it doesnu0026#39;t succeed on the humor front – probably because of the director John Hyams, who is an odd choice for this film u0026#39;cos of his previous involvement in the action genre (u0026quot;Dragon Eyesu0026quot;, u0026quot;Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoningu0026quot;). With a larger budget, u0026quot;All Squareu0026quot; could have been more of a cinematic thriller with twists and turns at every corner. Instead, itu0026#39;s a smaller-focused feature film that serves as a character drama study. Basically, while u0026quot;All Squareu0026quot; is not an entirely enjoyable ride, itu0026#39;s all a bit too thin. 6+/7-“