Typical

Rating: 4/10 (29 July 2008)

I'm not going to pretend that I am some sort of movie professor or something like that, but am I the only one who expects more from movies? I don't understand how this movie has a rating of about 7. Before watching the movie I could have told anyone who would listen the exact plot line up until the last 7-10 minutes of the movie where they finally decide to add a slight twist to the plot. Other then those few minutes this is just your typical Hollywood movie these days with a cookie cutter script. The difference in quality of this movie compared to real movies is just incredible, because everyone who was a part of this movie just decided that they wanted to make some stupid popcorn flick movie for some teens and people who think they can learn to count cards from this movie. Everything about this movie reeks with mediocrity, apart from maybe Kevin Spacey and Laurence Fishbourne who I think play their parts well. This is just another typical movie made in a time when it is better just to pump out crap rather than take a chance and try to make something that 1. makes people think 2. makes people feel something. I hate movies like this but they are becoming more and more common. I mean movies are made to entertain, but seeing the same cookie cutter plot in 50 different movies each year is not entertaining. This movie is not good and its not bad. If I were to make a recommendation I would say not to waste your time watching it, because even if you haven't seen this movie you've seen this plot before.