Good but clichéd telling of MIT students breaking Las Vegas

Rating: 6/10 (26 May 2008)

Story of an MIT student who needs quick cash who joins the legendary group of students and teachers who set about taking on the Vegas casinos. Well acted, with a showy performance by Kevin Spacey in a showy role. the cast shines in what is really a bunch of clichéd characters. Forgive me for saying it but Hollywood has taken a very good and exciting tale and made it into a cliché. Don't get me wrong its an exciting tale expertly if overly slickly told, but I never really bought it. I know it happened, I've seen a couple of specials on the History Channel on the group, but it wasn't quite like this. Its not bad, far from it, its very entertaining, its just not real. Its a very good movie, just not a great one.