I Watch Films: Wild Card (2015)
Wild Card (2015) Nick Wild (Jason Statham) is a Las Vegas security consultant, discovered being beaten up by a man who is arrogantly chatting up a woman. It’s revealed he was paid for this by the man to impress the woman. He’s then hired as a chaperone (bodyguard) by Cyrus Kennick for that night. He gets a message from a friend and goes to visit a woman named Holly, an escort. She had been beaten and raped by three men the night before and wanted to find out who they were so she could take legal action. Nick advises against this but investigates. He learns the men are Danny DeMarco (Milo Ventimiglia), a gangster, and two of his button men. He confronts him in his hotel room but Danny turns nasty and Nick overpowers them, calling Holly to join him. She threatens to castrate Danny, then decides to just take the money ($50,000) and leave. She splits the money with Nick and leaves town. With $25,000 Nick takes Cyrus out, initially having a moderately boring time until Nick s...

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