Three times 7 makes 21

Rating: 7/10 (25 April 2008)

When a student of MIT finds himself in need of money he decides to join a club of card players that have decided to go to Las Vegas and become rich by counting cards at the blackjack table. Based on a book that is based on true facts this film displays another side to the story of six students that worked together to "bring the house down", to play the casino to the point of coming away with big money.
The film runs like any average film. A short bit is dedicated to lay out the character definitions and when that has been done well enough the actual story starts. The main bulk of the film is done quite nicely too. Nothing too fancy or too good, but good enough for cinema. The actual card playing is made interesting by displaying the thoughts of the main character together with his reasoning and there's a fair bit of action sequences added as well to make it even more interesting.
I can't comment on how true the film is to the book as I've never read that, nor can I comment on how true it is to reality as I don't know the facts. As a film it works out pretty well though. Not really good, but good enough.
7 out of 10 decks stacked