if only it was really this easy

Rating: 5/10 (26 August 2008)

if you know nothing about casino games or betting, you will be dazzled by this movie.If you have even played just a few hands you will know this movie is cliché-ridden and completely unrealistic. Without boring novices too much and people should watch casino to get some sort of idea how casinos stop people from winning, you don't just walk in there night after night, walk out each time and get away with obvious hand signals and irregular play, you'd be lucky to last 30 minutes. And this isn't the 1950's, they don't take you into back rooms anymore, they just kick you out BEFORE you make any serious money and thats the final point kids, card counting on any level is really, really difficult. Even if the deck is in your favor, you can still get a bad hand, a very important point that was never mentioned in the movie, and casinos will constantly change the rules by closing tables, changing dealers, shuffling more etc. Aside from those massive plot holes,its an OK movie, there are a decent couple of twists at the end and there's good chemistry between the kids although Fishburne and spacey were miscast. I'm off to watch proper card movies like Shade and Rounders,I'll leave this one for the amateurs and dreamers.