Mike McDermott (Matt Damon) is a reformed poker player who gave up the game after a devastating loss. When his old friend Worm (Edward Norton) is released from prison with serious debts to dangerous people, Mike is dragged back to the underground poker circuit he tried to leave behind — culminating in a high-stakes confrontation with the feared Russian gangster Teddy KGB (John Malkovich). Directed by John Dahl, Rounders is the definitive poker movie and a taut, utterly compelling thriller about obsession, loyalty, and the pull of the life you can't quit.