Not worth the gamble

Rating: 3/10 (27 July 2008)

There should have been a movie made about the fabled MIT blackjack team Strategic Investments. Unfortunately, it shouldn't have been this one. "21" takes the basic premise of the true story and throws virtually everything else out. Now, I don't have a problem with a bit of poetic justice; real life sometimes doesn't translate handily to drama. But this movie didn't add anything interesting. The script is amateurish and the dialog clunky. The acting was third rate; even the great Kevin Spacey and Lawrence Fishburne couldn't manage to rise above the material. I believe there was supposed to be some sort of relationship between Jim Sturgess and Kate Bosworth but I yawned my way through it, so I guess I missed it. This is truly the worst movie I've seen in a long time. I don't recommend taking a gamble on this loser.