I would like to give this movie a rating, but it is too strange for that. It shows what Jersey was like in the mid-70s. I remember the cars around back then. The movie centers around a rather unlikeable young man who dreams of making enough money to get out of his state. His main skill is that he is determined to make money. At the beginning, there is an audiotape of a "self help salesman". At the end, the audiotape is played again, and one must admit it was effective. The movie is a real yawn. It was filmed so amateurishly, and the plot got so boring at time. However, you did feel for the insanity of the situation, when the rich guy he was extorting was really not that rich at all. And that is even more true in 2009 than 1975. All and all it was a rather strange film.
Review of Atlantic City Jackpot
