Suspense & Drama

Rating: 7/10 (24 April 2014)

A bunch of brilliant Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) students are trained by a professor with seemingly insidious agendas on the art of card counting in the hopes of beating the age old slogan 'The house always wins' by using mathematics and skill to throw games at the biggest casinos in Las Vegas and taking those high rolling money magnets for all they are worth. Each student on the team must be clever enough to hold their card counting position on the team, discrete enough to keep their craft a secret and desperate enough for funds not to want to leave the team high and dry in case they suddenly develop (ed) a conscience. Kevin Spacey is magnificent (when is he not?) as the conniving professor with Kate Bosworth, Jim Sturgess and Laurence Fishburne in co-starring roles.