ie V est ▁Pictures , ▁a ▁subs idi ary ▁of ▁Ind ie V est . ▁ ▁The ▁film , ▁directed ▁and ▁written ▁for ▁the ▁screen ▁by ▁H ue ▁Rh odes ▁( based ▁on ▁a ▁story ▁by ▁D ante ▁Al igh ieri ) ▁and ▁produced ▁by ▁Steve ▁Bus c emi , ▁Stanley ▁T ucci , ▁and ▁S pi ke ▁Lee , ▁follows ▁an ▁ex - g amb ler ▁as ▁he ▁takes ▁a ▁road ▁trip ▁with ▁his ▁new ▁partner , ▁an ▁auto ▁ins urance ▁fra ud ▁deb unker , ▁to ▁investigate ▁a ▁fra ud , ▁while ▁meeting ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁off be at ▁characters , ▁including ▁a ▁car n ival ' s ▁human ▁tor ch , ▁a ▁par ap leg ic ▁stri pper , ▁and ▁a ▁n ude ▁milit ant , ▁along ▁the ▁way . ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁shown ▁in ▁film ▁festiv als ▁and ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁limited ▁release ▁on ▁January ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁ ▁Plot ▁▁ ▁A ▁comp uls ive ▁g amb ler ▁attempts ▁to ▁c ure ▁his ▁add iction ▁by ▁moving ▁from ▁Las ▁Veg as ▁to ▁Al bu quer que ▁and ▁working ▁at ▁an ▁auto ▁ins urance ▁company , ▁only ▁to ▁find ▁old ▁tempt ations ▁cro pping ▁up ▁once ▁again ▁when ▁he ' s ▁sent ▁out ▁to ▁investigate ▁a ▁dub ious ▁car ▁accident ▁just ▁outside ▁Sin ▁City . ▁ ▁After ▁a ▁string ▁of ▁bad ▁luck ▁at ▁the ▁tables , ▁John ▁( Ste ve ▁Bus c emi ) ▁dec ides ▁to ▁give ▁up ▁g amb ling