21

Starring: Kevin Spacey, Laurence Fishburne, the overrated Kate Bosworth, and that funny Asian sidekick dude from DISTURBIA

21 is a movie about (what do you think?) blackjack. It takes place in Vegas. Specifically, the Planet Hollywood casino. That's two movies in a row on the Strip featuring a casino that just happened to be Planet Hollywood. Hmmm...makes sense that if Hollywood's on the Strip now, they'll have to be the one shining in your Vegas-featured Hollywood-made movie. Or maybe I'm just making up my own theories again.

Anyway, a bunch of college MIT nerds learn to count cards from Professor Spacey and set out to somehow beat the casinos and make a lot of money while flying under the radar. Guess what happens. Their little foolproof scheme has one weakness: emotion. However, with apple-and-pie Bosworth around, apparently, this is not possible. Actually, Fishburne's character had something to do with it, too. And a lot of other issues that occur when you put too smart people in a room together.

The movie was okay. Kinda predictable. I love Vegas, of course. Spacey and Fishburne are always cool. Bosworth, I don't know what's the appeal. Color me prejudiced. Color her tan. The counting techniques were pretty interesting to me. Of course, I'm delusional to think that I could figure it out and pull it off.

With the popularity of Texas Hold 'Em, I think this movie was trying to indirectly capitalize on it. I'm pretty sure that it did. But I didn't care much for it. If you're a blackjack junkie, you might catch a boner. I give this movie two aces to split, two jacks coming up to make 21, and two queens coming up to your room later that night to make 69. You know I had to go vulgar...