High Stakes

High Stakes is a 2012 action-thriller film directed by Doug Liman from the screenplay by Jez and John-Henry Butterworth. The film stars Matt Damon and AnnaSophia Robb. It mainly tells that a business man and teen entrepreneur face-to-face their dangerous consequences. Both learn that they must compete each other by fighting a strong enemy before fighting each other.

High Stakes was released in the United States on September 7, 2012, by Universal Pictures. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the screenplay, direction, action sequences, visual effects, musical score, and performances (particularly Damon and Robb). It grossed $176 million worldwide on a $60 million budget.

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Cast
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 * Matt Damon as Peter Loki
 * AnnaSophia Robb as Cece Louis

Production
Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's company Imagine Entertainment and Akiva Goldsman's company Weed Road Pictures have optioned the original screenplay written by Jez and John-Henry Butterworth in 2008 where a business man and a teen entrepreneur face strong consequences and end up competing to fight each other. Doug Liman was added as director in April 2010 with Universal Pictures purchasing distribution rights for now titled High Stakes. In January 2011, Matt Damon and AnnaSophia Robb were revealed to be in talks for their lead roles and director Doug Liman confirmed their casting later that month.

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Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 79%, based on 54 reviews. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 66 out of 100, based on 31 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.