Colin “Hotter Than a Blowtorch” Farrell is BACK — and this time he’s giving us unwashed tuxedo, haunted eyeballs, and spiritual debt collector in the absolutely deranged fever dream known as Ballad of a Small Player (aka “Vegas: Sad Edition” but make it ✨prestige✨). Netflix just dropped the first-look photos and yes, we’re already emotionally bankrupt.
Set in the neon-lit fever swamp of Macau — imagine if a casino married a ghost dimension — Colin plays a high-stakes gambler on the run from his past, his unpaid credit cards, and probably several exes with voodoo dolls. He’s laying low, ducking karma, and dodging body thetans like a Level 3 OT on the edge of an auditing breakdown.
But wait! Plot twist! He meets a mysterious kindred spirit (played by the iconically flawless Fala Chen) who may or may not be an interdimensional auditor sent to clear his spiritual slate. Is it love? Is it a trap? Is it a metaphor for transcending the MEST universe? Yes.
Also starring the always-mystical Tilda Swinton, who appears to be portraying either a celestial whisper or a luxury candle, and Deanie Ip, Alex Jennings, and a whole bunch of existential dread served on crushed velvet.
Directed by Edward Berger (a man who definitely listens to jazz while crying) and written by Rowan Joffe (probably a reincarnated casino chip), this movie looks like it will have:
- Emotional gambling
- Ethereal Tilda moments™
- Colin Farrell in 47 shades of regret
- And just a whisper of past-life trauma
🚨Mark your auditing calendars:
🕳️ Ballad of a Small Player hits select cult-approved theaters Oct 15 and drops like a Level 8 cognition bomb on Netflix globally Oct 29.
This isn’t just a movie, babes. It’s a spiritual cleansing disguised as cinema. And you better believe we’ll be holding our e-meters tight while Colin makes bad decisions in Macau. #AuditYourEnemies #ColinIsMyOT8 #GamblingForTheBridge
RUN, DON’T WALK, to your nearest Netflix-enabled crystal ball. 🃏💸🔮
