Movie Review-21
21 has director, Robert Luketic (Legally Blonde, Mother-in-Law) and a well crafted screenplay by Peter Steinfeld and Allen Loeb. It is based on a book by Ben Mezrich. All of these factors has made this film a sure winner at the box office.
Six MIT students are seduced by riches by their ego-maniacal professor(Kevin Spacey) to win big at the casinos to pay for their tuitions and live the high life on weekends in Vegas.
Greed and revenge finds its way into the mix to send the most talented of the players Ben Campbell (Jim Sturges) into a tailspin as he loses everything when he and the professor (Spacey) have a falling out.
Cole Williams ( a security specialist) played rather well by Lawrence Fishburne has a beef with the professor (Spacey) from long ago and sees a perfect opportunity to use the talents of Ben Campbell to act out his revenge.
In the end the MIT students learn a serious life lesson as Ben Campbell who has fallen in love with fellow card counter, Jill Taylor(Kate Bosworth) must decide what is more important in life. Their futures or what greed has taught them.
Overall this was a great movie. The ending is humorous and satisfying. I give it four out of five stars. ****
Footnote* The actual student the book and movie is based on, Jeff Ma has a cameo role as a card dealer in the movie.
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April 1st, 2008 at 11:38 am
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