“Ballad Of A Small Player” (** out of four) was an insubstantial psychological drama about a gambler (Colin Farrell) running from his past who holes up at a glittering casino hotel in Macau and engages in endless self-indulgence and then becomes entranced and fascinated by an enigmatic woman (Tilda Swinton) he meets at the baccarat table whom he sees as an emblem for trying to turn his life around. Beautifully shot by James Friend on stunning Macau locations but film is alternately weird and uninvolving and never becomes engrossing or rewarding. By the end, it just seems a pointless waste of time. Farrell is ideally cast but even he just seems to be going through the motions here.