gambled life

Rating: 7/10 (28 July 2008)

Hot off "Across the Universe", Jim Sturgess plays another good role in "21". He plays an MIT student who joins a special math class: the teacher (Kevin Spacey) uses cards to show them all sorts of tricks, and even takes them to Las Vegas. In the casinos, they use various hand tricks and key words to help each other win money. But all is not what it seems...
It was hard to say what my favorite part was. So much of the movie was so impressive that I had to remember to concentrate on the movie and not get caught up in the math tricks. While it's true that Spacey plays pretty much the same role here that he plays in most of his films, I still recommend the movie. I don't think that I could do it justice by trying to describe it; this is one that you have to see to understand. Also starring Kate Bosworth and Laurence Fishburne.