Last night Jenn and I rented “21″ the Kevin Spacey film based off of the MIT students who counted cards and made a lot of money. I guess there isn’t a whole lot to say about this movie. Smart kid gets pulled into a group of math geniuses and whoe have created a system to beat blackjack legally. The previews for the movie are pretty much exactly what happens in the movie and there are really no surprises a long the way. The movie keeps a simple premise, throws in some love, some gambling, a little money and a protagonist who has learned some new tricks and life lessons.
The movie was nothing special, but nothing terrible either. If you are looking for a decent rent, when you’ve seen the rest of the “what’s new” shelf you can’t go totally wrong by picking this movie up.
I give it 6.3545 double downs out of 10.
ps. For additional reading check out the wikipedia article on the real MIT students. It’s worth a look, and you’ll be just that much more educated on how people won lots of money that you’ll never see. -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Blackjack_Team
Leave a Reply