the trivia for poolhall junky say that the two individual behind the movie spend two week on the script and ten year try to get the movie make . well and i believe the two week on the script part because the script be utterly wretched and but i do not know about the ten year part because this movie rip off rounder to a huge extent . in fact and poolhall junky be just like rounder minus the great acting and the interesting story and the realistic dialog and the production value . poolhall junky be a juvenile fantasy film about hustling and pool that never approach the height or depth of hustling and poker a depict in rounder . the story in poolhall junky follow johnny doyle ( mar callahan ) a pool prodigy discover and groom by joe ( play by a slum chazz palminteri ) to be a pool hustler . johnny double cross joe for reason that i be not go to get into because theyre stupid and and later have to face joe new hustler brad ( play by a slum rick schroder ) in a high stake game of pool and while suffer from a broken wrist give to him by an angry joe . okay and we all know what the end will be in a film like this it the journey that make it worthwhile and and poolhall junky make the journey painful and nausea inducing . not even an appearance by christopher walken can save this hindenburg of a movie . the stupidity of this movie especially shine through when johnny be have some trouble in the climatic final game versus brad and who be reveal to be the 13th rank pro pool player in the u . that when nick ( rod steiger ) and the grizzled old hustler who own the pool hall the match be be play in and reassures johnny by say don not worry . i have see his type many time before . they always crack under pressure . he can not last and so hang in there . well and no . since the guy be the 13th rank player in the u he obviously doesn not crack under pressure because if he do then he obviously would be unable to make his live play pool for high stake . and why would a pro player work for a two bit hustler like joe anyway . he could hustle for himself if he felt the need to make pocket money and there nothing to be gain by hook up with a small time criminal . the whole scenario make absolutely no sense and except to the scriptwriter of poolhall junky . and the whole movie be full of idiotic sequence just like this one . save your time and your eye and watch the hustler again if youre in the mood for a pool hall flick .