Byline: KEVIN THOMAS Los Angeles Times
Intense, hypnotic, assured, ``The Croupier'' (opening today) mesmerizes from its opening image of a roulette ball on the move. A taut journey inside the world of professional gambling, this enigmatic, beautifully made film crosses the traditions of film noir with a distinctly modern anomie with results as ice cold and potent as the vodka its protagonist keeps in his freezer.
It's been nearly 20 years since ``Croupier's'' director, Mike Hodges, made ``Get Carter,'' arguably the most influential of British gangster movies, described by one disapproving critic as ``a bottle of neat gin swallowed before breakfast.'' And …
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