The Bet Dead Casino is an  organisation for betting on deadly (and usually pretty gory) streetfights on the dark web. Of course, these fights are highly illegal, but by setting them up all over the world and implanting fighters with chips that can kill them so they won't snitch, plus they are based at a secret (and heavily guarded) location, from with company boss Slick Vic (Byron Gibson) and company mascot Jenny Carnage (Leigh Barwell) transmit the shows. Jenny though is actually Rose, daughter of Vic's murdered former business partner (Charles O'Neill), and she's held at the headquarters against her will - while her boyfriend (Ron Smoorenburg), an accomplished MMA fighter, is forced to participate in the streetfights and has of late become the organisation's superstar. However, Rose is not one to be a passive victim, and she still has a couple of aces up her sleeve to get back at Slick Vic ...

Now I have to admit, when it comes to pure storytelling, this movie's a bit confusing, and that's probably at least partly owed to the fact that it was shot during Covid lockdowns and all over the world - so pretty much one was limited with what one could do. But to be quite honest, the story in this film takes backseat to the action, and the many streetfights the audeince is presented with are pretty breathtaking, well executed and excitingly edited, and they feel very real. And the two leads Leigh Barwell and Byron Gibson manage to carry the story, even when it makes little sense, so in all this is well worth a watch.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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