a pool hustler become a member of a pack of hustler . he rise to the top and but soon find himself the monkey in the middle of a match between his bos and a crooked cop . freddie prinze jr. seem to have a string of bad film lately and with such title like scooby doo and summer catch and scooby doo 2. but one only have to look at his film credit to see that he hasn not be in a really good movie at all . his career range from teen slasher flick to a poor excuse for a video game adaption . it seem with shoot gallery freddie be try to show that he serious now and and that he leave his scooby doo image behind . well and freddie and i get a message for ya and keep dreamingwhen i first come across shoot gallery and poolhall junky rip off be what come to my mind and but for the sake of an argument and i give it a chance . after watch it and i still come to the conclusion that it a poolhall junky ripoff and a poorly execute one too . the main character here try to act a if he cool and slick and but with freddi prinze jr. a your main catch and he come off and nothing more then a pretty face who think he can shoot some pool . in the final stage of the film and i want to cut my ear off i couldn not stand his broken nose accent . ving rhames make an appearance . all he do be walk around and chew on alligator foot . he actually do nothing in the film and until the climax when he shoot some pool and a gun . in the film rounder norton have an ace tattooed on his arm and he say that he have an ace up his sleeve and it work . in shoot gallery they get 8 ball tattoo on their arm and with rhames on his bald head . it show that their part of a gang . but it doesn not work . rhames outfit be comical and you should see it to believe it . the plot be poorly write and and one of those and he be hustle everyone from the start type gig and completely clichéd . the pool shooting be quite good and not well then what be showcased in poolhall junky but good nonetheless . freddie actually shoot some pool here and nice to see that and but it obvious that the trick shot be do by someone else . i like the whole switching of the shoot side that freddie do near the end though and i think that be a neat addition . poolhall junky have walken and shoot gallery have macfadyen . macfadyen be definitely the highlight here a the drunk and druggie and poolhall hustler . he bring some enthusiasm to an otherwise dead cast . it be nice to see some life pump into this dead film and but it doesn not last long . the poolhall lingo consist of what the director have hear and make up . which be obvious when you listen to other line such a if i be lyin . i be dyin . some character name and if you would like to hear be paulie the pawn and cue ball carl . what with the random word appear on the screen . poolhall lingo . purpose to the script . it be distract and add nothing to the experience except confusion and dread . skip shoot gallery unless you want a headache from poor act and a clichéd plot . poolhall junky this be not . unless youre a massive fan of pool and check out something else .