Directed by Robert Luketic and produced by Kevin Spacey, 21 is a drama starring Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, and Laurence Fishburne. The plot of the film is inspired by a true story based on the book “Bringing Down The House” by Ben Mezrich.

The story revolves around six bright students who took Vegas for millions. Ben Campbell, a smart M.I.T. student, can’t pay his tuition fee and finds a solution for this problem in playing cards. He joins a group of the school’s most gifted students who spend their weekends gambling in Vegas. They find the way how to turn the odds at blackjack in their favor and do it with great success. However, the power of money and the Vegas lifestyle has its effect and Ben starts to push the limits.

According to 8 Asians, the movie is rather far from the original story of the book.

I found the film to be entertaining. To be honest, I really enjoyed the film. It was entertaining. I’m kind of shocked that Rotten Tomatoes had a 31% rating for the movie. I’ve seen worse movies with better ratings. Plus, who wouldn’t want to see a movie with Kate Bosworth in it?
‘21′ is pretty far from the original storyline of “Bringing Down the House” from what I have heard and a lot of the history of the MIT Blackjack team, that I think the movie can be more accurately described as “inspired by” versus “based” on the book.

Meanwhile Forge Write Ahead takes a rather negative view of the movie.

“The movie 21, was believe it or not, BORING! I could not understand why they did not throw an action scene or something to spruce it up a bit. I guess the principle cast went on a small “run through a casino with a bag of money” scene, but it was boring too. I really never cared whether the cast lived or died. All I wanted to do was stop falling asleep. The characters were dull. Their needs were basic (those of the characters that had needs). The main character just wanted three hundred grand to get into Harvard. Who doesn’t want that. But of course he gets it and keeps wanting more money. Like I have never seen that one before.”