Starring: Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey
Rating: PG-13
Score: 3.5/4
Counting cards could just about be one of the trickiest things a person could ever do. You have to keep track of numerous decks, and most important of all: you can't get caught.
Ben is about to graduate from MIT, he wants to go to Harvard Medical school but doesn't have the money. So he applies for a scholarship that could give him a free ride, all he has to do is "dazzle" them.
Ben's professor, Micky, persuades him to join a team of brilliant students who go to Las Vegas every weekend and make hundreds of thousands of dollars by counting. Ben sees this as the way he can make money for med school and gets caught up in the whirl of Vegas.
The movie is sleek and brightly lit, the Vegas scenes are exciting and while it's not always easy to keep track of the blackjack games it sure is worth it to try.
Kevin Spacey's professor is acerbic and funny and it's fun to watch Ben become a completely different person in Vegas than he is back in Boston. But the change may cost him his friends and his school. Then there's always the number one risk: avoid getting caught.
This looks awesome!!!
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