21
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| Columbia Pictures |
28th March 2008,123 mins
Crime/Thriller,12
Director:Robert Luketic
Cast:Jim Sturgess
Kevin Spacey
Kate Bosworth
Aaron Yoo
Laurence Fishburne
When gunieous Ben joins the MIT college cards team he is taught to count cards and goes to Vegas. He sacrifices his friends and his old life to just get the money for med school and his dream girl.
This is a hidden gem of a movie and I think it is highly underrated. It does has so big name like Kevin spacey (The Usual Suspect) and Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix) which give the film great credit but the most standout is Jim Sturgess ( later of One Day) as lead role Ben who is draw into counting cards by his professor Micky Rosa (Spacey). Sturgess shows Ben's down fall and strength to continue is superb style especial for a mostly unknown actor at the time. Kevin Spacey was great as always bringing the experience in acting to any movie.
21 is not the most thrilling 'thriller' but it is no means calm. It makes you fell so connected to the main character that you forget justice. Robert Luketic did a great job of directing, the way it was filmed so that when they go to Vegas it was fast passed and when they where back home it was slower, really held it together and glamorised the lifestyle they where living. There is a couple of twists which are't bad the only thing that is missing is any depth otherwise this would be a very good movie. Maybe it is down to the script or some of the acting talent otherwise its pretty spotless.
Summarising, 21 is no means a bad movie got a great plot which is very likeable some good stars and does not get boring. Its only let down by the lack of depth to the film in general.
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner-79/100
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