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Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess, "Across The Universe") is a highly intelligent student Boston's M.I.T. who wishes to transfer to Harvard School of Medicine but cannot afford the tuition fee since he comes from a poor, working-class background. One evening, Ben is invited to join his unorthodox math professor Micky Rosa (Kevin Spacey)'s secretive club where members are trained by Rosa at the skill of blackjack card-counting. Intriged by the desire to make money, Ben joins his new friends on secret weekend trips to Vegas where, using their skills of code talk and hand signals, they have Ben make hundreds of thousands of dollars in winning blackjack at casinos. As Ben gradually becomes corrupted by greed and arrogance, the attentions of a brutal casino security enforcer (Laurence Fishburne) soon puts the group in jeopardy.

Reviews:

"It's a kick to watch Spacey and a gifted young cast use smarts to deal audiences a winning hand."- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

"Picture shrewdly shuffles together attractive young leads, cagey screen vets and a fantasy-fulfillment scenario in a slickly polished package that should appeal to anyone who's ever dreamed of beating the odds."- Variety

"The fun of 21 is the way that this sharp, hyperaware star in the making (Jim Sturgess), his face as readable as a mood ring, pours us into an adrenalized cocktail of fear, desire, and mental buzz."- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly