21

They proved the Vegas Blackjack System was beatable...by beating the hell out of it.

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Podcast Release Date:
Aug 27, 2008

Blackjack!

Kevin Spacey stars in 21, a based-on-a-true-story drama about MIT students who used their advanced math skills to win big in Blackjack. Is the movie a natural, or does it bust? Listen to our review of the 21 DVD to find out!

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Movie Details

Series
Individual Movie Reviews
Original Title
21
Title
21
Director
Robert Luketic
Author
Producer
Michael De Luca, Dana Brunetti
Writer
Actors
Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, Aaron Yoo, Liza Lapira, Jacob Pitts, Laurence Fishburne, Jack McGee, Josh Gad, Sam Golzari, Helen Carey, Jack Gilpin, Ben Campbell, Donna Lows, Butch Williams, Steven Richard Vezina, Chaska T. Werner, Kyle Morris, Ernell Manabat, Frank DeAngelo, Marcus Weiss, Anthony DiMaria, Christopher Michael Holley, Scott Beringer, Terasa Livingstone, Jeffrey J. Dashnaw, Colin Angle, Supriya Chakrabarti, Bradley Thoennes, Kiều Chinh, Alice Lo, Sally Levi, Henry Houh, Frank Chen, Spencer Garrett, Celeste Oliva, Ruby Hondros, Christian Mello, Gregory Seymore, Rebecca Marshall, Kris Williams
Runtime
2 h 03 min
Release Date
27 March 2008
Genres
Drama, Crime
Overview
Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent, student at M.I.T. in Boston who strives to succeed. Wanting a scholarship to transfer to Harvard School of Medicine with the desire to become a doctor, Ben learns that he cannot afford the $300,000 for the four to five years of schooling as he comes from a poor, working-class background. But one evening, Ben is introduced by his unorthodox math professor Micky Rosa into a small but secretive club of five. Students Jill, Choi, Kianna, and Fisher, who are being trained by Professor Rosa of the skill of card counting at blackjack.

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