21

21

2008 · 123 min · EN · PG-13 · 6.7 (4,317 votes)
Dir. Robert Luketic · Starring Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, Aaron Yoo, Liza Lapira, Jacob Pitts · Music David Sardy

They proved the Vegas Blackjack System was beatable...by beating the hell out of it.

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Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent, student at M.I.T. who strives to succeed. Wanting a scholarship to transfer to Harvard School of Medicine to become a doctor, Ben learns that he cannot afford the $300,000 tuition as he comes from a poor, working-class background. But one evening, Ben is introduced by his unorthodox math professor to a small but secretive club. Students Jill, Choi, Kianna, and Fisher, who are being trained by Professor Rosa in to count cards at blackjack.

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Feel the electrifying rush of high-stakes gambling and intellectual cunning. This film is a slick, propulsive journey into the glamorous, yet morally ambiguous, world of card counting, blending academic brilliance with the allure of Las Vegas. It's a tense, exhilarating ride about ambition and the risks taken for wealth.

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