''Double Down'' (original titled ''Zigs'') is a 2001 American

drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...

film directed by

Mars Callahan Mars Callahan (born as Gregory Mars Martin, December 1, 1971) is an American actor, film director, producer and writer. He is perhaps best known for the film '' Poolhall Junkies'' where he served as director, actor and screenwriter. Career ...

, and starring

Jason Priestley Jason Bradford Priestley (born August 28, 1969) is a Canadian actor and television director. He is best known as the virtuous Brandon Walsh on the television series ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' (1990–1998, 2000), as Richard "Fitz" Fitzpatrick in t ...

Peter Dobson Peter Dobson (born July 19, 1964) is an American actor. His film roles include appearances in '' Sing'' (1989), ''Last Exit to Brooklyn'' (1989), ''The Marrying Man'' (1991), ''The Frighteners'' (1996), and ''Drowning Mona'' (2000), in addition t ...

and

Richard Portnow Richard Portnow (born January 26, 1947) is an American actor known for such films and television series as ''Good Morning, Vietnam'', ''Barton Fink'', ''Kindergarten Cop'', '' Seven'', '' Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai'', '' The Spirit'', ''L ...

. It received an R rating by the

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Plot

Four young compulsive gamblers waste their lives on booze, broads and bookies. David (

), the heavy-drinking ladies man. Mike ( Kane Picoy), a degenerate gambler. Cory the Jersey Jinx (

). Brett ( Justin Jon Ross), the guy who tells every girl he loves her on the first date. When they find themselves in debt to a psychotic

Christopher Walken Christopher Walken (born Ronald Walken; March 31, 1943) is an American actor. Prolific in film, television and on stage, Walken is the recipient of numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Awar ...

obsessed hit man (

) they come up with a radical plan to get out of debt with a fixed game.

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* * * 2001 films 2001 crime drama films 2000s thriller films American crime drama films American thriller films Films about gambling Trimark Pictures films 2000s English-language films Films directed by Mars Callahan 2000s American films {{2000s-crime-drama-film-stub