Director Christopher Di Nunzio's short crime thriller watches a lot like a prologue to a larger more cohesive film with sharp performances and top notch editing. Ultimately I'd really love to see what he has in store for these characters and what he'll have to do with the consequences that come from this scenario.

Di Nunzio keeps a generally thick sense of tension and suspense and works well within the confines of the six minutes developing the characters as best as he can, entering in to this harrowing bit of karma and payback. This leads both men to not only sit back and wonder who will have the guts to close all bets. But when fate will come down to intervene and decide their luck for them. Because as both men draw their guns they know there is no going back, and one will eventually have to pull a trigger, or else risk going to war for the rest of their lives.

While I felt the short needed much more extrapolation and emphasis on conflict, "Last Bet, Last Mistake" is a sharp and clever short thriller dealing in the themes of karma and fate that involve two men doomed to be perpetually at war. Unless one of them has the guts to end the other's life.