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An unconvincing exercise in moral complexity, 21 is based on Ben Mezrich's book Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions. Jim Sturgess (Across the Universe) plays brilliant blue collar scholar Ben Campbell, whose doubts that he'll win a scholarship to Harvard Medical School compel him to join a secret, M.I.T. gang of math whiz kids. Under the silky but chilling command of a math professor (Kevin Spacey), Jim and the others master card counting --the statistical analysis of cards dealt in blackjack games. The team lives a humdrum existence during the week, but on weekends in Sin City the students are rolling in cash, frequenting exclusive clubs and feeling on top of the world. Ben even gets the girl: a comely fellow card counter played by Kate Bosworth. Despite all the success, Ben feels ethically compromised and indeed director Robert Luketic (Legally Blonde, Across the Universe), in the old tradition of American movies, plays it both ways where fun vices are concerned. On the one hand, it feels so good --on the other, ahem, we know it's wrong. That studied ambivalence proves wearing after a while, making the most interesting character in the film a casino watchdog played by Laurence Fishburne. A master at reading the emotions of gamblers beating the house with a scam, he's admirable for being good at his job, but repellent for wrecking the faces of counters in casino dungeons. He's all about moral complexity in the tradition of anti-heroes, and a truly provocative element in an otherwise superficial movie. --Tom Keogh
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Slick casino scam tale based on Ben Mezrich's book 'Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions'. Brilliant M.I.T. student Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess) has got money worries, if he doesn't come up with $300,000 he's going to be kicked out. Luckily for Ben, help is at hand in the shape of maths professor Micky Rosa (Kevin Spacey), who has formed a team of students capable of taking on the casinos of Las Vegas and beating them at blackjack, using a technique known as card counting. But as the team start to win, and win big, the glitzy lifestyle soon starts to ensnare Ben, and he begins to believe he's untouchable. With the team attracting the attention of casino security chief Cole Williams (Laurence Fishburne), it's not long before the stakes are raised to dangerous levels.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By C.L.H
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
'21' is a captivating movie- yes, the original story has been given the gloss of Holywood, but it is a good film. Kevin Spacey brings the character of Mickey Rosa to life with his legendary acting skills, and the character of Ben provided a vivid narrative. All of the cast were good, but for me Kevin Spacey made this film. Also, the soundtrack is electric and contributes perfectly to the atmosphere of each scene. The video and audio quality are excellent, as is typical with blu-ray. I'd recommend this for all fans of good Vegas/Casino movies & Kevin Spacey.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
This Is a Good Blu Ray Disc, Picture QualityIs Excellent, But Thats To
Be Expected. Only The Audio Is Very Low In Fact To Enjoy This Movie Your
Volume On TV Needs To Be Increased To About 70DB. I Am Feeding HDMI Direct
In To A Samsung Full HD. No AV Amp Connected. If You have A AV Amp In Your
System, Then You Possibly Will Have No Problem With The Audio.
This Disc Likes 5.1 Master Audio At 1080p, Maby The Enginner Needs To Re-
Calibrate His Equipment And Give A Little "Sump" To The Audio. Otherwise
The Disc is pretty Good.
Thanks
Be Expected. Only The Audio Is Very Low In Fact To Enjoy This Movie Your
Volume On TV Needs To Be Increased To About 70DB. I Am Feeding HDMI Direct
In To A Samsung Full HD. No AV Amp Connected. If You have A AV Amp In Your
System, Then You Possibly Will Have No Problem With The Audio.
This Disc Likes 5.1 Master Audio At 1080p, Maby The Enginner Needs To Re-
Calibrate His Equipment And Give A Little "Sump" To The Audio. Otherwise
The Disc is pretty Good.
Thanks
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This was an ok film. The twist at the end was pretty obvious, and after about 1 hour I was willing the film to hurry up. It is fairly predictable and offers nothing new from so many American films before it.
Watchable, but not outstanding.
Watchable, but not outstanding.
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