Wild Card is a 2015 American action thriller film directed by Simon West and starring Jason Statham, Michael Angarano, Milo Ventimiglia, Dominik Garcia-Lorido, Anne Heche, and Sofia Vergara.

Based on the 1985 novel Heat by William Goldman, it is a remake of the 1986 adaptation that starred Burt Reynolds.

After helping a client impress a woman, he accepts a proposition from a young man, Cyrus Kinnick, to show him around Vegas and provide protection while he gambles.

While eating at a diner, Nick's waitress friend Roxy hands him a message from a woman he knows, Holly, who wants him to stop by her house.

Holly, a professional escort, explains she had a date the previous night at the Golden Nugget.

Nick discovers that the man responsible for raping Holly is Danny DeMarco, a gangster, who had two of his thugs dump her in a hospital car park.

Nick calls Holly, who contemplates castrating DeMarco, who then breaks down and begs her forgiveness.

But when he goes to the cashier, he has a sudden anxiety attack and decides to keep on gambling, eventually losing all his winnings (as well as his original $25,000) on a single blackjack bet with Cassandra.

Baby has received a complaint from DeMarco, who claims that Nick broke into his hotel room, pistol-whipped him, and killed two of his men – all to fund his gambling addiction.

Baby tells DeMarco to drop his pants to prove Nick wrong, but he refuses and leaves.

Cyrus shows his newfound manliness by singing loudly as a distraction so Nick can escape.

"It also made it easy to sell to actors like Stanley Tucci and Sofia Vergara because their parts were very set out.

So, Wild Card, I think will surprise a lot of people – it's a very strong dramatic piece by him.

[3][12] Wild Card has generally received negative reviews from film critics.

The site's consensus states: "Hardcore Jason Statham fans may enjoy parts of Wild Card, but all other action aficionados need not apply.

[14] Betsy Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times gave the film a negative review, calling Wild Card "predictable".

She summed up her review by saying that Wild Card "is no royal flush, no full house, no three of a kind.