 21
With
Jim
Sturgess,
Kevin
Spacey,
Laurence
Fishburne,
Kate
Bosworth,
Aaron
Yoo,
Liza
Lapira,
Jacob
Pitts,
Jack
McGee
Written
by
Peter
Steinfeld
&
Allan
Loeb
(based
on
Ben
Mezrich’s
book
"Bringing
Down
the
House:
The
Inside
Story
of
Six
M.I.T.
Students
Who
Took
Vegas
for
Millions")
Directed
by
Robert
Luketic
While
I
have
zero
gambling
bones
in
my
body,
for
some
reason
I
enjoy
these
kinds
of
movies,
from
The
Sting,
Casino,
and
even
Rounders,
but
I'm
not
a
huge
fan
of
the
Las
Vegas
TV
show.
21
is
based
on
the
novel
about
a
real
group
of
university
students
who
devised
a
counting
system
to
beat
the
Blackjack
tables
(with
a
bit
of
added
drama,
action
and
sexiness
to
spice
up
the
basic
premise).
An
unscrupulous
professor
recruits
bright
students,
teaching
them
his
(almost)
failsafe
method
of
teamwork
and
card
counting,
drawing
them
into
a
double
life
at
the
learning
institution
during
the
week,
but
bursting
out
as
high
rolling
gamblers
on
fast
weekends
in
casino
cities.
But
casinos
are
in
the
business
of
making
money,
not
losing
it,
and
they
spare
no
expense
to
single
out
those
who
leave
with
too
much.
While
electronic
surveillance
is
taking
over,
one
particular
old-school
security
man
(soon
to
be
obsolete)
picks
up
their
scent.
Quite
entertaining
with
some
very
blatant
lessons
built
into
the
tale.
Extras:
Filmmakers
commentary,
several
featurettes
which
includes
Blackjack
lessons
and
a
virtual
Blackjack
Blu-ray
game.
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/
C
-
Paul
Blom
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