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Inspired by a true story, 21 mixes Las Vegas casino wheeling and dealing with college kid angst. Kevin Spacey is crafty MIT professor Micky Rosa, who trains gifted students to count cards and then flies them out to Vegas to raid the blackjack tables between classes. At first they rake in a bundle, but then catch the unwanted attention of tough guy security chief, Cole Williams Laurence Fishburne who wants to prove himself. Maths genius Ben Campbell Jim Sturgess originally joins the ring in order to come up with the 300,000 he needs for tuition money, but he's also smitten with the ring's babe, Jill Kate Bosworth. When he finds out Professor Rosa hasn't been dealing entirely from a straight deck, Ben's high end shopping spree dreams turn sour and the battle of wits is on, no second chances given.
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