Perils of big game hunting

If luck be a lady, she's not smiling at the unfortunate lead character of this visually stunning high-stakes drama, adapted by screenwriter Rowan Joffe from Lawrence Osborne's 2014 novel.

- With DAMON SMITH

Veteran gambler Lord Doyle (Colin Farrell) lies low in Macau, China, which is affectionately dubbed the Las Vegas of Asia because of the proliferation of casinos.

A fake English accent and impeccably tailored suits are a flimsy facade to conceal Doyle's working-class Irish origins, and he can barely afford the hotel that has become his temporary home.