300, High Rollers

High Rollers is a late 2025 Amazon Prime release that matches Ex-Professional Theif John Travolta (Mason Goddard) against a criminal organisation in need of his particular set of skills.  High Rollers is the sequel the 2024 release Cash Out and see's most of the original cast members return with the exception Kristin Davis (Sex and the City) being traded out for Gina Gershon.

It's clear to say that this film isn't exactly rocket science.  After kidnapping his Ex-FBI girlfriend (now Gina Gershon) in a dramatic beach scene less than 5 minutes in, Goddard is quick to give chase and even quicker still stopped in his tracks but within 10 minutes of the opening credits has not only correctly guessed who is behind the kidnapping, but what they want from him and his band of brothers - all of which is confirmed by a phone call from the protagonist a few seconds later.

This movie doesn't hang around - and given the whole film is just 99 minutes long you can see why.  No need to worry about a 3hr drawn out overly scripted waste of air watching this one but that said - it's a great cast with Travolta, Gershon and other familiar faces such as Noel Gugliemi as Hector (doesn't he always play someone called Hector?) & Lucas Haas adding to the roster.  

Other members of the gang make up the 'younger' element of the team although as with Cash Out - I personally can't help but think that had these movies been granted a bigger cinema release you could easily see actors like Sydney Sweeny & Michael B Jordan picking up these parts to be honest, Natali Yura and Quavo do a pretty decent job.  

Considering they are being held to ransom to complete the heist, our damsel in distress (Gershon) remains practically un-phased by the whole ordeal and the criminal go-between seems relatively friendly & supportive.  Private jets, new identities and seemingly unlimited resources to pull off a Hotel & Casino Heist are made available to the crew & the new identities given to the team, such as 'Kai Ritchie' & 'Jennifer Aston' add further to the fact that this movie isn't taking itself too seriously and is happy to rush through the set-up and planning and focus the bulk of the screen time on the actual heist itself.  

What follows is a pretty expected second act.  Standard protocol seen many times in heist movies such as hacking security cameras, recon of facility, embedding aliases & a potential plot twist to seamlessely roll into Act 3 - the finale, but as always - no spoilers!!!

Other than playing Santa Claus in some Capital One Christmas Ads - 2024 & 2025 only saw these two movie releases from Travolta which for me is a real shame as personally, I think he's great.  Don't get me wrong, these are not Oscar Winners by any means but when you look back at some of his more recent credits - let's say to "From Paris with Love" in 2010 (a personal favourite) there is an impressive CV with most of them being highly watchable and entertaining.  Let's just say that the 71yr old Travolta looks great and shows no signs of slowing down just yet.  

Real world Mississippi locations provide a pretty backdrop for the majority of this movie and the Casino scenes (all shot on location) really add to the plot and pace of the film.  

In the end - there is very little not to like.  It's fun - fast paced, doesn't take itself too seriously, has some great locations and the acting isn't too wooden (for most of the cast).  It's a no-brainer that if you want something totally standalone to while away 1.5hrs of your day then this is a winner and although watcing the first film would get you up to speed quicker with the cast and characters, it's not essential.     

The good news - Cash Out 3 is already in post production so it's clear Travolta has bought into a long term franchise here and I'd expect to see most of the cast return again as they have before.

(Images used in blog are sourced from IMDB, Screen Rant, Rotten Tomatoes & Movie Freak)