[3] The story of Roulette centers on three characters: Dean Jensen (Mike Baldwin), Richard Kessler (Will Haza), and Sunshine ‘Sunny’ Howard (Ali Lukowski).

The three characters all suffer from suicidal thoughts brought on by depression and past events, later discovered to be connected through a network of gradually revealed ties.

As the film progresses, the viewer is introduced to each character’s backstory, bringing to light the reasons for their depression, the actions that brought them together, and the unforeseen connections between them.

Sunshine ‘Sunny’ Howard (Ali Lukowski) is a sheltered young woman raised in the shadow of her devoutly Christian father’s lifestyle.

[4] Myers was facing a lay-off from his job and his wife was driving a car that was nearly dead, and the film was paid for on credit cards.

[8][3][9] It took six months to reshoot the twenty-five minutes due to the need for specific weather so that the overlapping storylines made chronological sense.

[4] In one case, a specific restaurant needed to be secured for a second time and filled with extras to reshoot, among other sequences, a single shot in the bar that featured the character and would be re-edited into footage filmed more than a year earlier.

[10] The "Baby Scene" that ends the film was shot and edited as a stylistic homage to Psycho, and also to rival the "crucifix masturbation" in The Exorcist.

It’s an impressive early effort from a filmmaker who I hope continues to grow and evolve, gaining more experience and some more talented actors to work with on his next venture.

The film deals with everything from abortion to infidelity to AIDS to alcoholism, and a crate load of other baggage—enough for a hospital full of patients—and while this might feel like a lot of stuff to carry for the three leads, Myers’ tight script and tense directing makes it all work.

"[14] The Los Angeles Times called it "a complicated, Rubik's Cube of a movie, not to mention a remarkably assured first effort",[15] while Cary Conley of Rogue Cinema said, “I would be surprised if I saw any other film in 2013 that comes close to the emotional impact that Roulette has.”[16] Captainhowdy.com stated that Roulette is Erik Kristopher Myers’ “filmmaking soul laid bare for all to see should they have the mind and stomach to.”[17] Way Too Indie says, "The pacing of the film is superb and really allows the director to tease the viewer with only pieces of the story to keep the suspense at a high level.